Book Description
It's easy to see why PHP is such a popular language among web developers. This open source scripting language is easy-to-learn, yet surprisingly powerful and extensible. For example, PHP can be used to dynamically create and manipulate complex graphics through the use of extension libraries such as GD.
In this book we show you how to write PHP code that will create professional-looking web graphics and images "on the fly". The book is packed with useful code examples and discussion of best practices. Some of the issues we cover include:
Resizing and thumbnail creation
Creating image maps
Merging, copying, cropping and rotating images
Storing images in a database: best practices
Drawing lines and shapes, and color issues
Creating frames and shadows on images
Using text in images: fonts, size, wrapping and justification, creating buttons
Creating professional looking graphs and charts
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