I found the answer on Stackoverflow
I found the answer on Stackoverflow.
Simple, right? And this works fine if you’re attaching a brand new image. However, if you’re updating an image you’ll find that the styles don’t update after calling node_save(), and the image will not show up correctly on your site. You need one extra step: call image_path_flush() to regenerate that image’s styles before calling node_save().
//if the image is being updated, flush all its styles image_path_flush($node->field_image['und'][0]->uri);