Miguel Cruz wrote:
"BG Mahesh" <ma****@mahesh.comwrote:
Given a URL I want the snapshot of that page as an image. Something
like
http://pthumbnails.alexa.com/image_s...ze=large&url=h
ttp://google.com
How do I achieve this in PHP?
You can't, at least not with PHP on its own, unless you spend months
developing an HTML renderer.
How about scripting a web browser? You can install Mozilla on the
server, and your PHP program can ask it to render the page, print it to
Hi Miguel. I'm not the OP, but would you please elaborate on how you
would get Mozilla to do this?
One possible approach is with a GreaseMonkey type of solution. But can
you use GM with javascript turned off? I have not investigated this.
I think one should have javascript turned off in deciding what,
exactly, to render, else you can run the javascript into a hole with an
alert.
One could also bring up Mozilla/FF directly with a page, but then I
don't know how to programatically direct it.
With IE ($ie=new COM("InternetExplorer.Application")) one can bring up
an instance of IE and load a page
($ie->Navigate2("http://www.myFavoriteDomain.com")), but I haven't
tried saving saving this (and it doesn't show me an option to save as
an image).
That is, in neither FF nor IE do I see the option to save the page as a
Postscript page or anything I would construe as an image. Where do I
look for this?
Csaba Gabor from Vienna
