RE: [PHP] Creating image on-the-fly
| From: | Ashley Sheridan | Date: | Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:47:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Creating image on-the-fly | ||
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On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 13:43 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 1:22 PM
> > To: Marc Guay
> > Cc: php-general
> > Subject: Re: [PHP] Creating image on-the-fly
> >
> > On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 16:05 -0400, Marc Guay wrote:
> >
> > > > I was wondering if there was any way I can create an
> > image from some text
> > > > with php?
> > >
> > > Something like this?
> > >
> > >
> > > http://sgss.me/obsolete/experiments/phpfontimagegenerator2/usage.php
> > >
> >
> >
> > One thing to bear in mind is that this introduces extra server load if
> > the image is generated dynamically for each visit to a page. It's best
> > to save the image once it's first created and use that file
> > if it exists
> > the next time round.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ash
> > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
> Some folks call this a "cache" ;-)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache
>
>
Yeah, well if ya wanna get all tek-nik-all! :p
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk