PHP: how can I return an image - not the html img src tag, but the image data

BrianK · 05-17-2007, 09:08 PM

You can make php create an image & then return it as an image to the browser. I want to do that, but instead of creating an image with rectangles, text, and such, I want to grab an image from the internet, then return it as if it were made by php - i.e., return image data - a jpeg, for instance. Is this possible? Am I explaining myself clearly enough?

shambler · 05-17-2007, 09:24 PM

Sounds like hotlinking the hard way. Get permission, then just read it as a file.

senyahnoj · 05-18-2007, 02:07 AM

PHP Code:



<? 
$im = file_get_contents('http://www.linux.org/images/logo/linuxorg.gif'); 
header('content-type: image/gif'); 
echo $im; 
?>

BrianK · 05-18-2007, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shambler

Sounds like hotlinking the hard way. Get permission, then just read it as a file.

Well, I'm "hotlinking" from myself, if you even want to call it hotlinking - which would be a stretch. Thanks for the assumption and complete lack of help.

Quote:

Originally Posted by senyahnoj

PHP Code:



<? 
$im = file_get_contents('http://www.linux.org/images/logo/linuxorg.gif'); 
header('content-type: image/gif'); 
echo $im; 
?>

That worked great. I was trying imagecreatefromgif($file) where $file was a stream that comes from fopen on a URL without much luck.

Thanks!