fix the php code

i have the following code to crop an image in a circle with transparent borders.. // create the transparent circle image $filename = APP_WEB_PATH."img/user/".$_GET['img'].".jpg"; $imagefilenamepng = APP_WEB_PATH."img/user/".$_GET['img']."[login to view URL]"; $image_s = imagecreatefromstring(file_get_contents($filename)); $width = imagesx($image_s); $height = imagesy($image_s); $newwidth = 300; $newheight = 300; $image = imagecreatetruecolor($newwidth, $newheight); imagealphablending($image, true); imagecopyresampled($image, $image_s, 0, 0, 0, 0, $newwidth, $newheight, $width, $height); //create masking $mask = imagecreatetruecolor($newwidth, $newheight); $transparent = imagecolorallocate($mask, 255, 0, 0); imagecolortransparent($mask,$transparent); imagefilledellipse($mask, $newwidth/2, $newheight/2, $newwidth, $newheight, $transparent); $red = imagecolorallocate($mask, 0, 0, 0); imagecopymerge($image, $mask, 0, 0, 0, 0, $newwidth, $newheight, 100); imagecolortransparent($image,$red); imagefill($image, 0, 0, $red); imagepng($image,$imagefilenamepng); imagedestroy($image); imagedestroy($mask); The image looks good and transparent and even when opened with a photo editor [login to view URL] but when used inside an image using php GDI i get a black border instead of transparent [login to view URL] if i re save the [login to view URL] using a photo edit such as [login to view URL] and then use it it works just fine [login to view URL] only bid if you have worked with php gdi and know what to do.. dont waste yours and mine with a general bid