Output A Text Page As Image, Via PHP...

w2n · #1 (**permalink**) 01-05-06, 07:41 AM

Hi,

I want to know, whether it is possible or not. If yes, then how? With complete details, and an example code, if possible...

I have some PHP pages, which are normal HTML pages (text/html). We want to create a little PHP snippet, by which, these pages will be shown as Image in the browsers. The image can be JPG, or GIF, or PNG.

I think, by some little coding in the HTTP_HEADER part of the PHP, at the very start of the page, this could be achieved.

Please help us...

Thanks in advance...

SWAGATO

YourPHPPro · #2 (**permalink**) 01-05-06, 07:54 AM

http://us2.php.net/imagejpeg

http://us2.php.net/imagepng

http://us2.php.net/imagegif

That should get you started...

w2n · #3 (**permalink**) 01-05-06, 08:22 AM

Hi,

Thanks for the 3 links. However, if you could help me little more, it would be great!.

Like, suppose, I have a normal HTML file... "index.html". Now, suppose, I want to make it "index.php", but, when it will be opened in browser, it would be a JPG.

Code:

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>New Page 1</title>
</head>
<body>
BODY CONTENT GOES HERE...
</body>
</html>

Now, tell me, what should the code in PHP, which I should place at the very top of the page, so that, this page could be shown as a JPG in the browser.

Thanks...

SWAGATO

YourPHPPro · #4 (**permalink**) 01-05-06, 09:01 AM

How about this - swiped from the link(s) above...

Code:

<?php
   // Normally $filename would depend on $_GET, etc.
   $filename = '/photoalbum/images/test.jpg';
   header('Content-type: image/jpeg');
   header('Content-transfer-encoding: binary');
   header('Content-length: '.filesize($filename));
   readfile($filename);
?>

w2n · #5 (**permalink**) 01-05-06, 09:12 AM

Hi,

Thanks for code!

However, what I wanted is somehow different. You have called a separate JPG (/photoalbum/images/test.jpg). But, what I want is...

Put a PHP code at the very top of EVERY PHP page in my server, which output THAT page as a JPG, when someone will access it through their browser. Not any other JPG file. The browser should output THAT SAME page as a JPG, which is actually a PHP page.

I hope, I have made it clearer now!

Thanks anyway...

SWAGATO

michaeln · #6 (**permalink**) 01-05-06, 09:46 AM

Look here
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.imagettfbbox.php
and here
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.imagettftext.php

You will need the GD and FreeType libraries installed....

Michael

w2n · #7 (**permalink**) 01-05-06, 09:58 AM

Hi,

Many thanks for the reply! However, it seems that none is getting what I wanted to say.

To better explain it, let me ask something...

I have a HTML/PHP page. And, at the very top of the page, if I will write header('Content-type: image/jpeg'); as a PHP code, will the page will be returned to browser as a JPG image? Or nothing will happen?

Please let me know...

SWAGATO