Dynamic images with PHP

[marshian]

good tutorial
and also the location tracker
its also good if you post the ip tracker code too
in tutorials
anyways the main programming tutorial was excellent!

The LocationScript-thing is actually just a joke ;-)

[LHVWB]

You could use a script similar to the one in the link below to actually have the image track the viewers country, you could even put a little flag in there as well. ;)

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/s...7&postcount=18

[marshian]

You could use a script similar to the one in the link below to actually have the image track the viewers country, you could even put a little flag in there as well. ;)

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/s...7&postcount=18

It's a nice idea, but NOT THAT SCRIPT plox :o
It uses a 'small' list...
http://www.ci-pro.com/misc/phptest/loc/ip.csv
That thing is around 6 meg! It stores a huge list of ip's and their countries...
Maybe if I find something less... huge...
Edit:
I'm going to change something about my image code, this is an example of what the tutorial outputs:

[scorch94]

Hmmm... looks like you've edited your font
Is it that hard to do? :s

I'm good with PHP, but I've never actually worked with images in PHP. So this one came up like a really good image introduction and made me start learning it

[marshian]

It's not hard at all, I've got the file "data-latin.ttf" in the same directory, so I can use this command:

imagettftext($image, 10, 0, 168, 27, 0, "data-latin.ttf", $text[0]); 

which does almost the same as imagestring(), but it uses a truetype font instead of the normal one.

[mattura]

If it didn't work for you - try the following as a last line (make sure you send the header first though):

return imagepng($image); 

[marshian]

If it didn't work for you - try the following as a last line (make sure you send the header first though):

return imagepng($image); 

OMG I can't beleive i'm that stupid! o_O
I forgot that part! =.=
IT HAS TO BE

return imagepng($image); 

instead of

return $image; 

Edit: I can't change the contents of the first post any more, but it has to be that!

[bigjoe4]

Is it possible to use this kind of script to add a copyright notice which automatically updates the year in the footer image of my site? http://www.circuitz4u.com/

[marshian]

Is it possible to use this kind of script to add a copyright notice which automatically updates the year in the footer image of my site? http://www.circuitz4u.com/

Of course it's possible to use the php image capabilities to edit that image for you, but I'ld recommend using an external font to do it, instead of imagestring(), as it wouldn't look too professional.
If you need help, you know where to find me =p

[bigjoe4]

You can pursuade a mod to edit the contents of the first post