function image_resize_to_ratio($image_location, $thumb = false)
        {

            if ($thumb == false)
            {
                $maximum_width  = (empty($this->resize_width))?  $this->width  : $this->resize_width;
                $maximum_height    = (empty($this->resize_height))? $this->height : $this->resize_height;
            }
            else
            {
                $maximum_height = $this->tmb_height;
                $maximum_width    = $this->tmb_width;
            }

            $size = @getimagesize($image_location);

                if (empty($size))
                {
                    library::error("Error: image location (".$image_location.") did not yield a valid image in file:".__FILE__." @ Line: ".__LINE__);
                    return false;
                }

            $this->actual_width     = $size[0];
            $this->actual_height    = $size[1];

            $x_ratio = $maximum_width / $this->actual_width;
            $y_ratio = $maximum_height / $this->actual_height;

            if (($this->actual_width <= $maximum_width) && ($this->actual_height <= $maximum_height))
            {
                $this->resize_width     = $this->actual_width;
                $this->resize_height = $this->actual_height;
            }
            else if (($x_ratio * $this->actual_height) < $maximum_height)
            {
                $this->resize_height = ceil($x_ratio * $this->actual_height);
                $this->resize_width     = $maximum_width;
            }
            else
            {
                $this->resize_width     = ceil($y_ratio * $this->actual_width);
                $this->resize_height = $maximum_height;
            }

            return;
        }