[SOLVED] GD library

[B34ST]

Hi the following script gets some data(text) ad makes an image with the text:

 

<?php
header ("Content-type: image/png");
$img_handle = ImageCreate (600, 100) or die ("Cannot Create image");
$back_color = ImageColorAllocate ($img_handle, 0, 10, 10);
$txt_color = ImageColorAllocate ($img_handle, 0, 100, 255);
$vpos = 10;
$hpos = 5;
$i = 1;
foreach ($score as $skill => $stats)
{
if ($skill)
{
	if ($stats[2] == '')
	{ $stats[2] = '0'; }

	ImageString ($img_handle, 20, $hpos, $vpos,  "$skill $stats[2]", $txt_color);

	$vpos = $vpos + 15;
	if ($i == 5)
	{
		$vpos = 10;
		$hpos = $hpos + 150;
		$i = 0;
	}
	$i++;
}
}
ImagePng ($img_handle);    
?>

 

The image has a black background which I would like to replace with a backgroud image(.gif) already created but so not know how this can be done.

 

Also I would like to add icons(.gif images) to the left of each piece of text ($skill) but do not know if this is possible.

 

Thanks in advance for any help

[B34ST]

I have found out that I can use:

 

$img_handle = ImageCreateFromPNG ("sig.png") or die ("Cannot Create image");

 

to solve the above problem

 

but now I cannot figure out how to save the image rather than just outputting it to the browser.

 

any ideas?

[Yesideez]

You need to use imagecreatefromgif()

 

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagecreatefromgif.php

[Yesideez]

btw, the link I provided also lists the GD functions down the left side.

[Barand]

but now I cannot figure out how to save the image rather than just outputting it to the browser.

 

any ideas?

 

While you're reading the manual from Yesideez' link, have a read of imagepng() too, in particular the optional arguments.

[B34ST]

Thanks for the advice although I had already tried the manual after your advice and reading again I have now achieved what I required.