PHP GD Question

[BoGFx]

Hello MWG, I am in need of a tad bit of help. I need to create a dynamic image, with text, and the text needs to be able to use HTML. I can only get 2/3 the way with php GD. I can not get html to work in php GD. Example:

 

$info ="<a href=google.com>Google</a>";
$image = imagecreatetruecolor(200, 100);
$black = imagecolorallocate($image, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00); 
$font_file = 'images/arial.ttf'; 
imagettftext($image, 8, 0, 0, 1, $black, $font_file, $info);
header('Content-Type: image/png');
imagepng($image);
imagedestroy($image);
?>

 

That would just return <a href=google.com>Google</a>

Any help? Thanks

[Zeggy]

An image is an image, html belongs in a browser.

If you want the image to link to something, you need to link it with .

If you want parts of the image to link to different pages, you can use image maps.

[Haunted Dawg]

As zeggy stated, the PHPGD library will remove any type of HTML from your image, thus HTML will not appear.

[CJ - Twitch]

PHP GD is a fairly hard tool to work with. As stated above HTML is a browser thing with images do not process. An alternative would be to learn flash and PHP.

Good luck -

[Haunted Dawg]

PHP GD is a fairly hard tool to work with. As stated above HTML is a browser thing with images do not process. An alternative would be to learn flash and PHP.

Good luck -

PHP GD is actualy an easy framework if you have worked with it before.

[Zero-Affect]

i found GD interesting but i have only worked with it once.