Beginning PHP4
December 15, 2000
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This manuscript is an abridged version of Chapter 16 from the
Wrox Press book
Beginning PHP4.
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Generating Graphics
By now you will have a very good understanding not only of how
PHP works but the flexibility and wide range of platforms and
programming applications that you can interact with in PHP. You
can confidently connect to databases and create textual output
for the person browsing your web site to view, but sooner or
later you are going to need to output that information in a
graphical format. Sure you could fire up a graphics program and
create a few good looking graphics for your site, but what about
when your graphic is directly related to the data in your
database?
PHP contains a range of functions that allow you to open,
manipulate and output graphics to the web browser. During this
chapter we will explore how these functions work and how we can
apply them to display our data.
By the end of the chapter we will not only have seen how to
create images on the fly, but will have built a practical
application using these methods and concepts.
Laying a Foundation - Page 2
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Title:
Beginning PHP4
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ISBN: 1861003730
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US Price: $ 39.99
Canadian Price: C$ 59.95
UK Price: £ 28.99
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Publication Date: October 2000
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Pages: 800
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© 2000
Wrox Press Limited, US and UK.
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