RE: [PHP] Create a screenshot of a website

From: Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:17:25 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP] Create a screenshot of a website
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Rob, I agree, but you are suggesting is khtml2png which is cool, perfect, fantastic, but it's not PHP, isn't it? You ask me: I want a snap via PHP I reply: well, I don't think such thing exists: a render engine entirely written in PHP and GD2 Maybe we should create one ... Regards > Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:40:47 -0400 > From: robert@interjinn.com > To: an_red@hotmail.com > CC: reseasoul@gmail.com; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Create a screenshot of a website > > Andrea Giammarchi wrote: > > What you see is what a browser engine renders for your eyes while what you can do with PHP > > is a snapshot of the source code. > > One should remember that PHP serves quite well both as a glue language > and as a wrapper language. There is no reason why you can't use PHP to > create a simple lib around something like khtml2png so that the > screenshot can be gathered on demand using simple PHP style function calls. > > Cheers, > Rob. > -- > http://www.interjinn.com > Application and Templating Framework for PHP _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Friends get your Flickr, Yelp, and Digg updates when they e-mail you. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_3:092010

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