Image Creation [PNG]

[javier]

Hello, I've been working with a script to display certain information from my game's characters over a png rectangle, something like this:

|Info here|

The thing is, I'd like to color it with a vertical gradient, but I haven't been able to do so.
I got this code off some webiste (might be outdated..?):

[code]
function imagecolorgradient($img, $hv, $x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $f_c, $s_c)
{
  // Modified version of code by info@solanki.ch taken from php.net
  // posted: 14-Feb-2004 07:43

  // $img is the image handle.
  // $hv is either horizontal 'h' or vertical 'v' gradient.
  // $x1 and $y1 are the start points.
  // $x2 and $y2 the ending points.
  // $f_c and $s_c are the first and second color ARRAYs.

  if ($hv == 'v')
  {
    $y = ($y2 > $y1) ? $y2-$y1 : $y1-$y2;
  }
  else
  {
    $x = ($x2 > $x1) ? $x2-$x1 : $x1-$x2;    
  }
    
  $r_range = ($f_c[0] > $s_c[0]) ? $f_c[0] - $s_c[0] : $s_c[0] - $f_c[0];
  $g_range = ($f_c[1] > $s_c[1]) ? $f_c[1] - $s_c[1] : $s_c[1] - $f_c[1];
  $b_range = ($f_c[2] > $s_c[2]) ? $f_c[2] - $s_c[2] : $s_c[2] - $f_c[2];

  if ($hv == 'v')
  {
    $r_px=$r_range/$y;
    $g_px=$g_range/$y;
    $b_px=$b_range/$y;
    $xy = $y;
  }
  else
  {
    $r_px=$r_range/$x;
    $g_px=$g_range/$x;
    $b_px=$b_range/$x;
    $xy = $x;
  }
    
  $r=$f_c[0];
  $g=$f_c[1];
  $b=$f_c[2];

  
  for($i=0;$i<=$xy;$i++)
  {
    $col=imagecolorallocate($img,round($r),round($g),round($b));
    if ($hv == 'v')
    {
      imageline($img,$x1,$y1+$i,$x2,$y1+$i,$col);
    }
    else
    {
      imageline($img,$x1+$i,$y1,$x1+$i,$y2,$col);
    }
    
    $r = ($f_c[0] < $s_c[0]) ? $r + $r_px : $r - $r_px;
    $g = ($f_c[1] < $s_c[1]) ? $g + $g_px : $g - $g_px;
    $b = ($f_c[2] < $s_c[2]) ? $b + $b_px : $b - $b_px;
  }
  return $img;
}
[/code]

The thing is, I don't know how to create the gradient off that code. I tried the following:

[code]
imagecolorgradient($myImage, 1, 20, ($iWidth-2), ($iHeight-2), $dkblue, $blue);

// where
$myImage = imagecreate($iWidth, $iHeight);

//and $blue, $dk blue are rgb colors
[/code]

That's about it.
Any help would be appreciated.

[litebearer]

Might look here...

[a href=\"http://www.poirrier.be/~jean-etienne/info/clibs/gd-rainbow.php\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.poirrier.be/~jean-etienne/info/.../gd-rainbow.php[/a]

or

[a href=\"http://frenchfragfactory.net/ozh/my-projects/images-php-gd-gradient-fill/\" target=\"_blank\"]http://frenchfragfactory.net/ozh/my-projec...-gradient-fill/[/a]

or

[a href=\"http://www.php-editors.com/contest/1/68-read.html\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.php-editors.com/contest/1/68-read.html[/a]

Lite...