Re: Importing a GIF image and making it transparent

Did you use quotes around the URL when trying to access the image? /* Chris Lambert, CTO - chris@whitecrown.net WhiteCrown Networks - More Than White Hats Web Application Security - www.whitecrown.net */ ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Quinn <benquinn@optushome.com.au> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 6:09 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Importing a GIF image and making it transparent | | Thanks to those who replied, i finally worked it out - the script has been | pasted below just incase anyone is sifting through the list archives looking | for the same thing. One thing though, my server doesn't allow me to open a | GIF file through HTTP - ie this doesn't work | | $image = ImageCreateFromGif(http://www.severname.com/image.gif); | | Does anyone know of a server/hosting company that will allow me to do this? | | | The script: | | <? | | $id = ImageCreateFromGif("image.gif"); | | $trans = imagecolorexact($id, 120, 100, 90); | | imagecolortransparent($id, $trans); | | ImageGIF($id,"newimage.gif"); | | echo "done"; | | ?> | | | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Chris Lambert" <chris@php.net> | To: "Ben Quinn" <benquinn@optushome.com.au> | Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> | Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 4:49 PM | Subject: Re: [PHP] Importing a GIF image and making it transparent | | | > It doesn't look like you'll be able to use GD, as GIF support was dropped | in | > 1.6 and JPEG support was only added in 1.8. You'd have to experiment with | > ImageMagick, or another command-line tool independent of PHP. | > | > /* Chris Lambert, CTO - chris@whitecrown.net | > WhiteCrown Networks - More Than White Hats | > Web Application Security - www.whitecrown.net | > */ | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: Ben Quinn <benquinn@optushome.com.au> | > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> | > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 2:23 AM | > Subject: [PHP] Importing a GIF image and making it transparent | > | > | > | Hi all | > | | > | I've been trying to make a script that imports a GIF image from an | > external | > | server (i have permission to do this, see below) and designates a | certain | > | colour transparent for some time now and i'm not having much luck. Can | > | anyone help or provide a script that does this? | > | | > | The images i'm using are Australian weather radar images with a rather | > plain | > | brown background | > | | > | http://mirror.bom.gov.au/radar/IDR503.gif | > | | > | What i'd like to do is have an orographic map for the background, like | > this | > | | > | http://www.bsch.au.com/temp/preview.jpg | > | | > | The radar images are available to the public and i have permission to | make | > | these alterations | > | | > | Is it possible for PHP to download a GIF image (through HTTP), designate | a | > | certain colour transparent and then display the image on the screen | > without | > | saving the image to the server? | > | | > | Any help i can get with this would be much appreciated | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | -- | > | PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) | > | To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net | > | For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net | > | To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net | > | | > | | > | | > | > | > -- | > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net | > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net | > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net | > | > | | | -- | PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) | To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net | For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net | To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net | | |