graphics / graphical text with PHP
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Hi,
Not sure I quite understand your question here.
PHP as I know it is a script language run by a web server in order to generate HTML.
The browser renders the HTML and produces all the pretty text and graphics.
Unless you are already a programmer you need to get a solid understanding of HTML, then you can learn how to use php to generate HTML.
There are loads of HTML and PHP forums out there to go take a look at.
keep asking the questions
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Ex
Not sure I quite understand your question here.
PHP as I know it is a script language run by a web server in order to generate HTML.
The browser renders the HTML and produces all the pretty text and graphics.
Unless you are already a programmer you need to get a solid understanding of HTML, then you can learn how to use php to generate HTML.
There are loads of HTML and PHP forums out there to go take a look at.
keep asking the questions
best
Ex
Thanks for the reply...
I have a good understanding of php for the techie stuff like connectiong to database etc. But I read somewhere that php can be used to generate bitmap graphics. I'm interested in being able to to dynamic text images based on content from the database... just dunno how to do it...
Will have a google for tutorials/code snippets... ta
I have a good understanding of php for the techie stuff like connectiong to database etc. But I read somewhere that php can be used to generate bitmap graphics. I'm interested in being able to to dynamic text images based on content from the database... just dunno how to do it...
Will have a google for tutorials/code snippets... ta
I think I saw a link to a tutorial on generating graphics via PHP on www.webmonkey.com
It was a while ago so can't be certain
It was a while ago so can't be certain
A quick search through www.php.net ought to sort you out.
A quick quore from my PHP pocket reference says "The graphics functions in PHP can be used to dynamically create a GIF image stream. This stream can either be sent directly to the browse or saved in a standard GIF file."
Start off searching for the function "imagecreate()" and go from there...
A quick quore from my PHP pocket reference says "The graphics functions in PHP can be used to dynamically create a GIF image stream. This stream can either be sent directly to the browse or saved in a standard GIF file."
Start off searching for the function "imagecreate()" and go from there...
Marshy said:
A quick search through www.php.net ought to sort you out.
A quick quore from my PHP pocket reference says "The graphics functions in PHP can be used to dynamically create a GIF image stream. This stream can either be sent directly to the browse or saved in a standard GIF file."
Start off searching for the function "imagecreate()" and go from there...
Thats what I want... cheers chaps...
Absoultely, sorry misunderstood your question there.
Don't forget you can also shell out OS commands from php so things like ImageMagick can also be used if you work in conjuction with php file read & write functions.
In php its a piece of piss to take an image pass it through ImageMajick, read the output file back in, then change the HTTP header to indicate what ever image type it has just generated jpeg/gif etc and then send it to the client.
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Don't forget you can also shell out OS commands from php so things like ImageMagick can also be used if you work in conjuction with php file read & write functions.
In php its a piece of piss to take an image pass it through ImageMajick, read the output file back in, then change the HTTP header to indicate what ever image type it has just generated jpeg/gif etc and then send it to the client.
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Drop me a line with more details of what you are trying to do as I have a bank of scripts for this sort of stuff on the shelf (mostly from www.hotscripts.com)
Drop me a line with more details of what you are trying to do as I have a bank of scripts for this sort of stuff on the shelf (mostly from www.hotscripts.com)
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