How can I convert html file/string to image??

[c815902]

Hi All,

 

How can I convert html to image.

 

I want to create image from html file/string and on both the domains.

 

How can I achieve that in php? 

 

 

I would appreciate your help. Thank you!

[JonnoTheDev]

That makes no sense. Please elaborate.

[Mark Baker]

My suspicion would be that he wants to "thumbnail" web pages

[c815902]

Yes, I want to "thumbnail" web pages.  And these html-code been input from textarea field.

 

 

p.s. I am not 100% fluent in English, but at least I am improving. 

[JonnoTheDev]

This cannot be achieved using server side php. To screen grab HTML output would require a broswer interface and a screen print function. php could be used to collect the data required i.e websire urls however another technology would be required to screen capture the websites and save as images. Mozilla Firefox has an add on to achieve this

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1146

[c815902]

I may not describe very clearly , pls allow me to explain more details ...

 

User input html code in textarea at front page.

After the form is submitted, my PHP script will create a image such as :

 

 

I really want is below image :

 

 

Thanks for your kindly help.

[roopurt18]

You can probably do this with the GD (or graphics) extension.

 

It will likely not be an easy task though.  Font calculations can be a pain in the ass to deal with.

[Psycho]

There are also 3rd party utilities that will convert HTML code into an image representatin of the web page - they don't take a screen grap of the page, they dynamically create an image based upon the code. I don't know if there are any free ones.

 

Here's one that you could use on a web server and utilize through PHP: http://www.converthtmltoimage.com/ (assuming you are not on a shared host)

 

And another:

http://www.guangmingsoft.net/htmlsnapshot/help.htm

[JonnoTheDev]

After the form is submitted, my PHP script will create a image such as

Ah, I see

This shouldnt be too difficult then. You could either use php's native graphics functions or my choice would be to use Imagemagick (may need to install on your server)

http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

 

If you use the GD libraries in PHP then go through this tutorial

http://www.thesitewizard.com/php/create-image.shtml