[thelist] creating an image on the fly
Luther, Ron
ron.luther at hp.com
Mon Jul 26 15:22:09 CDT 2004
Andrew asked:
>>I am toying with the idea of pulling a recors set from MySQL using PHP and
>>embedding it wqithin an image on the fly. Any tips or tricks and tutorial
>>would be helpful if anyone has the time ;)
Hi Andrew,
I would recommend a search for "GD library tutorial" links.
The GD Library is a very useful PHP tool for a number of things ... like
dynamic bar charts, for example:
http://ronl.f2o.org/RLPHP/BowlChart2002.html
(The miminalist 'view source' info is kinda cute as well, the chart is
created 'on the fly'.)
HTH,
RonL.
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