A function to crop an image from the center (1:1) and resize it

helpers.php

<?php

/**
 * @param string $content
 * @param int $width
 * @param int $height
 * @return string
 * @throws \Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\FileNotFoundException
 */
function crop_and_resize(string $content, int $width, int $height): string
{
    // Store the contents into a temporary file.
    $sourceId = uuid();
    \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::disk('temp')->put($sourceId, $content);
    $sourcePath = storage_path("temp/$sourceId");

    // Create a GD instance from the temporary file and a new file.
    $source = imagecreatefromjpeg($sourcePath);
    $destination = imagecreatetruecolor($width, $height);

    // Get the width and height from the source image.
    list($sourceWidth, $sourceHeight) = getimagesize($sourcePath);

    // Get the top left crop coordinates for the source image.
    if ($sourceWidth >= $sourceHeight) {
        $sourceX = floor(($sourceWidth - $sourceHeight) / 2);
        $sourceY = 0;
    } else {
        $sourceX = 0;
        $sourceY = floor(($sourceHeight - $sourceWidth) / 2);
    }

    // Get the cropped width and height for the source image.
    $croppedWidth = min($sourceWidth, $sourceHeight);
    $croppedHeight = $croppedWidth;

    imagecopyresampled(
        $destination,
        $source,
        0,
        0,
        $sourceX,
        $sourceY,
        $width,
        $height,
        $croppedWidth,
        $croppedHeight
    );

    // Get the contents of the destination file.
    $destinationId = uuid();
    $destinationPath = storage_path("temp/$destinationId");
    imagejpeg($destination, $destinationPath, 80);
    $destinationContent = \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::disk('temp')->get($destinationId);

    // Delete the temporary files.
    \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::disk('temp')->delete($sourceId);
    \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::disk('temp')->delete($destinationId);

    return $destinationContent;
}