RE: [PHP] ImageCreateFromJpeg()

Nice. Or ghastly, depending on how Apache works. I don't know enough about that. If I open a file with HTTP through the local server, is it smart enough to do it efficiently? If so, this would work nicely. If it has to go through TCP/IP, I might as well write a temporary file. > From: Jerry [mailto:jerry@acusd.edu] > > goatrider@goatrider.com ("Benton Jackson") wrote: > > > I have an image file that's in a database, how can I read it into an > > Image? > > I could write it to a file first, and then do > "ImageCreateFromJpeg", but > > the > > whole point of this exercise is to avoid writing files. > > By default, ImageCreateFromxxx only works on files and URLs. It should > be relatively easy, if you are familiar with C, to make it work on > strings. > > However, a work-around would be to create it from a URL. > > <?php > header("Content-type: image/jpg"); > if ($Image) { > //we want to modify the image > $requiredImage = URLEncode($Image); > $theImage = ImageCreateFromJPEG("$PHP_SELF?Raw=$requiredImage"); > list($copyowner,$left,$bottom) = getInfoFromDB($Image); > imagettftext ($theImage, 12, 0, $left,$bottom, $Black, > "/fonts/Courier.ttf", "Copyright 1963 $copyowner") > ImageJPEG($theImage); > } elseif ($Raw) { > //we are requesting the image raw from the database > $theImage = getImageFromDB($Raw); > echo $theImage; > } else { > //we don't know what we're doing > $theImage = createWarningIMG("Huh?"); > ImageJPEG($theImage); > } > ?> > > http://www.bloodandgore.com/Images.php3?Image=Zapruder > > should return the image as a modified JPG file (if bloodandgore.com > were running this script, which they aren't). > > Note that getInfoFromDB, getImageFromDB, and createWarningIMG are > functions you'd have to create from your own knowledge of your > database. > > > Jerry > http://www.hoboes.com/jerry/ > > -- > 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