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Is this possible ? - Frank Yates - 03-14-2011
So let's say there is this website that echoes out some random numbers on a page, but before going to that page you need to login with an account which I have. I want my server with a php page to grab the random numbers from that website, and convert into an image file and which I can post it onto my forum signature (Constantly updates when numbers on the website changes).
It's like that .php signature where it shows you how much users in you forum, but echoing a random number generated on a remote server.
Maybe a cURL for this ? I don't know. It would be even better if someone could code the whole thing for me.,
RE: Is this possible ? - Omniscient - 03-15-2011
On your server you need GD library or ImageMagick. You'd use these libs to create the image on the fly and serve it. You can do this with php easily enough. Look into php image creation code.
http://php.net/manual/en/book.image.php
You'll want to review the imagecreate functions.
RE: Is this possible ? - Frank Yates - 03-15-2011
Oh nice, thanks Omni.