Dynamic Image Help

[Tatara]

I want to make it where the http get var from the file name so i can call it form [i]user[/i].png

code already worked out:

[code]<?php
$con = mysql_connect("host","user","pass");
if (!$con)
  {
  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
  }

if(!mysql_select_db("db", $con)) {
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

//used to find which user to query for in the database
$user = mysql_real_escape_string(trim($HTTP_GET_VARS['user']));

// Query
$sql = "SELECT item,have,need FROM row WHERE user = '$user'";

// Run Query
$result = mysql_query($sql) or die("Error retrieving user info: ".mysql_error());

// Grab the user results
while( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result) ){
  $item = $row['item'];
  $have = $row['have'];
  $need = $row['need'];
}

$height = 25;
$width = 200;
$fontsize = 6;
$frac = $have/$need;
$pct = 100 * $frac;

$img = imagecreate($width,$height);
$red = imagecolorallocate($img,255,0,0);
$black = imagecolorallocate($img,0,0,0);
$white = imagecolorallocate($img,255,255,255);
$bg = imageCreateFromPNG ('bg.png');
$bar =imageCreateFromPNG ('fill.png');
imageSetTile ($img, $bg);
imageFilledRectangle ($img, 0, 0, 116, 40, IMG_COLOR_TILED);
imageSetTile ($img, $bar);
ImageFilledRectangle($img, 7, 22, (114 * $frac), 34, IMG_COLOR_TILED);

$font = '04B_09__.ttf';
$text1 = "Questing For";
$text2 = $item;
$text3 = $have . "/" . $need;
$textwidth1 = floor(imagefontwidth($font) * strlen($text1));
$textleft1 = (($width - $textwidth1) / 2) + 12;
$textwidth2 = floor(imagefontwidth($font) * strlen($text2));
$textleft2 = (($width - $textwidth2) / 2) + 12;
imagettftext($img, $fontsize, 0, $textleft1, 8, $white, $font, $text1);
imagettftext($img, $fontsize, 0, $textleft2, 19, $white, $font, $text2);
imagettftext($img, 6, 0, 46, 32, $black, $font, $text3);

header('content-type: image/png');
imagepng($img);
   
?>[/code]

[ryanlwh]

try $_GET instead of $HTTP_GET_VARS

[Tatara]

Whats the difference?
What i want is to be able to call the image from http://www.mysite.com/user.png wher it takes the name of the ping and queries the database for that user and return the info.

[Gobiggi]

$_GET is the same but has replaced $_HTTP_GET_VARS in newer php version

ps. this is supposed to be a help forum so why are you people replying once and then never answering any more questions!? you did that to me before! and as a help forum i rate you 2/10

[Tatara]

youngcoders.com is a good help site but i never got the activation email
any ways thanks for answering

[Gobiggi]

you are most welcome

[Barand]

[quote author=Gobiggi link=topic=104635.msg417693#msg417693 date=1155851809]
ps. this is supposed to be a help forum so why are you people replying once and then never answering any more questions!? you did that to me before! and as a help forum i rate you 2/10
[/quote]

Because when, after less than an hour had passed, you demanded that I hurry with a solution I decided to walk away. You aren't paying and I'm not on your time. I volunteer my time here and decided I'd rather spend it helping someone else after your outburst. A little more patience and you would have had a solution.