Creating Dynamic Images

[K]

I have found a script online that I want to use (I am new to PHP).

It creates dynamic images based on the text that you pass it.

However, no matter how I try, I can't get anything other than a blank white
image.

Can one of you knowledgeable people please have a look at the code below and
help please.

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<?php
// image_header.ph p
// Generate dynamic text banner images using TTF fonts and PHP.
// Copyright 2003,2004 The Johns Hopkins University, All rights reserved.
// Author: Jeffrey D. Silverman
// Date: 14-January-2004
// Description:
// Use this script to generate graphic headers.
// Pass in a value for "$text" to print.
// Example usage:
// <img src='header_ima ge.php?text=thi s%20is%20the%20 text' width='300'
height='23'>
//
// CONFIGURATION - Change these items manually here or pass in values via
the URL
// ITEMS that can be passed in (optionally) via the URL are:
// fontdir
// bg_b
// bgcolor
// bg_g
// bgimage
// bg_r
// center_x
// center_y
// cols
// drop_shadow
// fg_b
// fgcolor
// fg_g
// fg_r
// font
// fontdir
// image_height
// image_width
// lineheight
// linewidth
// shadow_offset_x
// shadow_offset_y
// text
// x
// y
define("fontdir ", "fonts/" ); // Important! This MUST be a real directory
for the script to work!
define("font", "verdana.tt f" ); // Important! This MUST be a real TTF or
PostScript font file for the script to work!
define("TEMP_IM AGE_DIR", "image_temp " );

define("image_w idth", 100 );
define("image_h eight", 23 );
define("linehei ght", 12 );
define("x", 10 );
define("y", lineheight );
define("cols", 1 );
// Text (foreground) color, RGB values 0-255
define("fg_r", 255 );
define("fg_g", 255 );
define("fg_b", 255 );
// Background color, RGB values 0-255
define("bg_r", 0 );
define("bg_g", 0 );
define("bg_b", 0 );

# Configuration of external programs
# You MUST put the full path to the proper programs here. Not doing so will
disable
# the drop-shadow functionality
define("GDTOPNG ", "/usr/local/bin/gdtopng");
define("MOGRIFY ", "/usr/bin/mogrify");
// END OF CONFIGURATION

// DO NOT CHANGE BELOW THIS LINE //////////////////////////

if (! is_dir(TEMP_IMA GE_DIR) ) mkdir(TEMP_IMAG E_DIR);

// Check for saved images based on MD5 Hash of the $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']
$saved_image = TEMP_IMAGE_DIR . "/" . md5($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) .
".png";
if (is_file( $saved_image)){
header("Content-type: image/png");
echo file_get_conten ts($saved_image );
exit;
} else {
$fontdir = $_REQUEST['fontdir'] ? $_REQUEST['fontdir'] : fontdir;
$font = $_REQUEST['font'] ? $_REQUEST['font'] : font;
$image_width = $_REQUEST['image_width'] ? $_REQUEST['image_width'] :
image_width;
$image_height = $_REQUEST['image_height'] ? $_REQUEST['image_height'] :
image_height;
$lineheight = $_REQUEST['lineheight'] ? $_REQUEST['lineheight'] :
lineheight;
$x = $_REQUEST['x'] ? $_REQUEST['x'] : x;
// $y = $_REQUEST['y'] ? $_REQUEST['y'] : $_REQUEST['lineheight'] ?
$_REQUEST['lineheight'] : lineheight;
$y = $_REQUEST['y'] ? $_REQUEST['y'] : y;
if ($_REQUEST['center_x']){
// x-offset = ((width of box) - (width of string)) / 2
$x = ( $image_width / 2 ) + ($image_height / 2 );
}
// Need to make this dynamic. Not all header images should break on
multiple lines! (Notably the page_title)
if ($_REQUEST['linewidth']){
// linewidth MUST be passed in through the URL to split long lines.
// Otherwise the text will be all on one line.
$split_lines = preg_split("/(.{" . $_REQUEST['linewidth'] .
"}\S*)\s/", $_REQUEST['text'], -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELI M_CAPTURE);
} else {
$split_lines = array($_REQUEST['text']);
}

$cols = $_REQUEST['cols'] ? $_REQUEST['cols'] : cols;
// Text color, RGB values 0-255
$fg_r = $_REQUEST['fg_r'] ? $_REQUEST['fg_r'] : fg_r;
$fg_g = $_REQUEST['fg_g'] ? $_REQUEST['fg_g'] : fg_g;
$fg_b = $_REQUEST['fg_b'] ? $_REQUEST['fg_b'] : fg_b;
// background color, RGB values 0-255
$bg_r = $_REQUEST['bg_r'] ? $_REQUEST['bg_r'] : bg_r;
$bg_g = $_REQUEST['bg_g'] ? $_REQUEST['bg_g'] : bg_g;
$bg_b = $_REQUEST['bg_b'] ? $_REQUEST['bg_b'] : bg_b;
// Background Image
$fgcolor = $_REQUEST['fgcolor'] ? $_REQUEST['fgcolor'] : false;
$bgcolor = $_REQUEST['bgcolor'] ? $_REQUEST['bgcolor'] : false;
$bgimage = $_REQUEST['bgimage'] ? $_REQUEST['bgimage'] : false;
// Sample colors...
// $white = imagecoloralloc ate($im, 255, 255, 255);
// $gray1 = imagecoloralloc ate($im, 204, 204, 204);
// $white = imagecoloralloc ate($im, 255, 255, 255);
// $orange = imagecoloralloc ate($im, 220, 210, 60);
// $dark_red = imagecoloralloc ate($im, 130, 28, 28);
// $black = imagecoloralloc ate($im, 0, 0, 0);

$filetypes = array(
"gif" => "gif"
, "jpg" => "jpeg"
, "jpeg" => "jpeg"
, "jpe" => "jpeg"
, "png" => "png"
);

// TO DEBUG. Set Content-tpye to text/plain
// header("Content-type: text/html");
header("Content-type: image/png");
if ($fgcolor) {
$fgcolor = preg_replace("/[^0-9A-Za-z]/", "", $fgcolor);
list($fg_r, $fg_g, $fg_b) = array(hexdec( substr($fgcolor , 0, 2) ),
hexdec( substr($fgcolor , 2, 2) ),
hexdec( substr($fgcolor , 4, 2) ));
}
if ($bgcolor) {
$bgcolor = preg_replace("/[^0-9A-Za-z]/", "", $bgcolor);
list($bg_r, $bg_g, $bg_b) = array(hexdec( substr($bgcolor , 0, 2) ),
hexdec( substr($bgcolor , 2, 2) ),
hexdec( substr($bgcolor , 4, 2) ));
}
// Hack/Bugfix:
$result = preg_replace("/&amp;/", "&", $_REQUEST['text']); // fixes
problem with &amp; showing up inside images!

foreach ($split_lines as $line){
if (! preg_match("/^\s*$/", $line)) $lines[] = $line;
}
$no_lines = count($lines);
if ($_REQUEST['center_y']){
$center_offset = ($no_lines + 1);
$y = ($image_height / 2 ) - ( (($no_lines / 2) * $lineheight) -
$lineheight );
}
// $lines = preg_split("/\n/", $result);
$result = preg_replace("/\n/", "\r\n", $result);
$im = imagecreate($im age_width, $image_height);
$im_shadow = imagecreate($im age_width, $image_height);

if (is_file($bgima ge)){
$suffix = array_pop(split ("\.", $bgimage));
$func = "imagecreatefro m" . $filetypes[$suffix];
$im2 = $func($bgimage) ;
imagecopyresize d($im, $im2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1);
}
$background = imagecoloralloc ate($im, $bg_r, $bg_g, $bg_b);
$black = imagecoloralloc ate($im, 0, 0, 0);
$textcolor = imagecoloralloc ate($im, $fg_r, $fg_g, $fg_b);

if ($_REQUEST['drop_shadow'] == 1 and (defined("GDTOP NG") and
defined("MOGRIF Y"))){
$y_orig = $y;
$shadow_offset_ x = isset($_REQUEST['shadow_offset_ x']) ?
$_REQUEST['shadow_offset_ x'] : 2;
$shadow_offset_ y = isset($_REQUEST['shadow_offset_ y']) ?
$_REQUEST['shadow_offset_ y'] : 2;
foreach ($lines as $string) {
$string = preg_replace("/^\s*/", "", $string);
imagefttext($im , $lineheight - 1, 0, $x+$shadow_offs et_x,
$y+$shadow_offs et_y, $black, "$fontdir/$font", $string, array() );
$y += $lineheight;
}
$y = $y_orig;
$tempimage = md5(time() . "" . rand(0,10000000 ));

imagegd($im, "/tmp/$tempimage.gd") ;
system(GDTOPNG . " /tmp/$tempimage.gd /tmp/$tempimage.png" );
system(MOGRIFY . " -blur 2 /tmp/$tempimage.png" );
$im = imagecreatefrom png("/tmp/$tempimage.mgk" );
unlink("/tmp/$tempimage.png" );
unlink("/tmp/$tempimage.gd") ;
unlink("/tmp/$tempimage.mgk" );

$textcolor = imagecoloralloc ate($im, $fg_r, $fg_g, $fg_b);
foreach ($lines as $string) {
$string = preg_replace("/^\s*/", "", $string);
imagefttext($im , $lineheight - 1, 0, $x, $y, $textcolor,
"$fontdir/$font", $string, array() );
$y += $lineheight;
}
} else {
foreach ($lines as $string) {
$string = preg_replace("/^\s*/", "", $string);
imagefttext($im , $lineheight - 1, 0, $x, $y, $textcolor,
"$fontdir/$font", $string, array() );
$y += $lineheight;
}
}
imagepng($im);
imagepng($im, $saved_image);
imagedestroy($i m);
}
?>

[Alvaro G. Vicario]

*** K escribió/wrote (Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:16:01 GMT):

However, no matter how I try, I can't get anything other than a blank white
image. define("GDTOPNG ", "/usr/local/bin/gdtopng");
define("MOGRIFY ", "/usr/bin/mogrify");

It seems you need to install some external software. It it's a Unix server
it may be already there but in a Windows server it won't. Check that first.

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[K]

"Alvaro G. Vicario" <kA************ *****@terra.es> wrote in message
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*** K escribió/wrote (Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:16:01 GMT):

However, no matter how I try, I can't get anything other than a blank white image.

define("GDTOPNG ", "/usr/local/bin/gdtopng");
define("MOGRIFY ", "/usr/bin/mogrify");

It seems you need to install some external software. It it's a Unix server
it may be already there but in a Windows server it won't. Check that

first.

It is a Linux server. The comments in the code indicate that these two
pieces of software are only needed for drop shadows which I don't require.
That said though I don't know PHP.

[Geoff Berrow]

I noticed that Message-ID:
<gC************ ******@fe3.news .blueyonder.co. uk> from "K" <@.> contained
the following:

It seems you need to install some external software. It it's a Unix server
it may be already there but in a Windows server it won't. Check that

first.

It is a Linux server. The comments in the code indicate that these two
pieces of software are only needed for drop shadows which I don't require.
That said though I don't know PHP.

Well Jeffrey Silverman posts here so with any luck he'll be along soon
to explain. :-)

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[Alvaro G. Vicario]

*** K escribió/wrote (Fri, 11 Feb 2005 22:47:40 GMT):

It is a Linux server. The comments in the code indicate that these two
pieces of software are only needed for drop shadows which I don't require.
That said though I don't know PHP.

Yes, you are right, I didn't actually go further in the code.

So you do get an image, only that it's blank... What parameters do you pass
to the script? You need at least a text:

http://......../image_header.php?tex...s%20the%20text

This should return a white text on a black image.
Also, just in case: add these lines to the beginning of the file:

<?
error_reporting (E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
?>

Then find where it says:

// TO DEBUG. Set Content-tpye to text/plain
// header("Content-type: text/html");
header("Content-type: image/png");

and let it look like this:

// TO DEBUG. Set Content-tpye to text/plain
header("Content-type: text/html");
// header("Content-type: image/png");

That way, if there're error messages you'll be able to see them.
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[Dave Patton]

"K" <@.> wrote in news:lg******** **********@fe2. news.blueyonder .co.uk:

I have found a script online that I want to use (I am new to PHP).

It creates dynamic images based on the text that you pass it.

However, no matter how I try, I can't get anything other than a blank
white image.
Add this line:
error_reporting (E_ALL);
and then run the script to see if there are
any errors/warnings/notices.
define("fontdir ", "fonts/" ); // Important! This MUST be a real
directory for the script to work!
define("font", "verdana.tt f" ); // Important! This MUST be a real
TTF or PostScript font file for the script to work!

Have you changed these to properly reference your
fonts directory, and confirmed that you have
verdana installed as a font?

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