I'm setting up a typical profile picture upload and crop feature for a site. I'm looking at how others have set it up and I see that many are managing to have one input type="file" and it not only allows for selecting a file but also calls the PHP or JS to display the image.
I'm completely stuck on how to make it do something after the image has been chosen.
Does any one have a link or suggestion on how to perform this?
One way you could achieve this is to convert the file into a blob, then present it using an HTML5 canvas. Example: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/dndfiles/
Another option is to issue an AJAX request after the file input has been changed. Do whatever server processing you need to (crop, save, etc.) then return the AJAX call a path to the file. Then just append a new <img src='filepath.jpg' /> to the DOM.
I would upload the image using AJAX, having a API receiving the image. When image has been saved the API-method returns the path of the image.
You can then display the image using the path you recieved from your API-method.