Physically resizing an image using AS3

I am working on a uni project right now that involves users uploading images. Using the php GD lib, I can resize these images to the appropriate dimensions, but chances are I can’t use this feature on my hosting server as I do not have access to the Apache core and I have a bad feeling that my server admin isn’t going to add the GD lib… and I have to hand in my project in less than three weeks. If I don’t find an alternative to php GD, I’m going to have to ditch the entire project - over three weeks of solid work - and start again. Obviously I don’t want this to happen.

So my question is, if I dynamically load an image into a Flash object, is it possible to resize this image within the Flash object using AS3, then export the image from the object actually physically resized? i.e. the image actually being a different size when uploaded, not just resized within the Flash file. If this is possible could it please be detailed - this is very important to me and I will owe you massive kudos and give you a credit in my site source for helping me out!