Creating an image

[airportmarc]

Hey all,

I am having problems with modifying an image from a pre-created base template.  I am trying to add a single number tothe image but I am having no luck.  This is the first time I am playing with the GD library.

 

This is the code that I have to create the image:

foreach($outputArray as $tempArray){

$text = tempArray[number]

$im = imagecreatefrompng('XX/todayBlank.png');

$black = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);

$x = 5;

$y = 7;

imagettftext($im, 10, 0, $x, $y, $black , 'Arial' ,$text);

 

 

$output .= "<div class='tableContentRow ">

            <div class='tableData' style='float: left; width: 60%;'>tempArray[fullName]</div>

            <div class='tableData' style='float: left; width: 40%;'>" . imagepng($im) . "</div>

            <div class='clear'></div>

        </div>";

}

print $output;

 

I think it has something to do with the fact that I am outputing an image to HTML and saving it in $output.  Any ideas on how I can create a custom number for each iteration of the loop? Also, I know I need to send a header, but where would I do that? 

 

All the best,

 

Marc

[seanlim]

yep, you cannot output the image into a html file directly.

 

use:

<div class='tableData' style='float: left; width: 40%;'><img src='pngImage.php?number=".$number."'></div>

 

and in pngImage.php, place your code to create the png image. at the start of the script, place the header which sets the mime-type of the file. and at the end, simply call imagepng($im);