[FIXED] How to create images in PHP

Issue

Is it possible to create images with PHP (as opposed to simply linking to them via HTML) and if so, where should I go first to learn about such a thing?

Solution

I prefer the GD library - check out the Examples, and this example:

<?php
header ("Content-type: image/png");
$im = @imagecreatetruecolor(120, 20)
      or die("Cannot Initialize new GD image stream");
$text_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 233, 14, 91);
imagestring($im, 1, 5, 5,  "A Simple Text String", $text_color);
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>

Outputs:

_{(source: php.net)}

See imagecreatetruecolor.

Answered By - Ross

Answer Checked By - Candace Johnson (PHPFixing Volunteer)