Posted by DuSTiN KRySaK on 10/22/29 11:14

I got it figured out finally!

It is so stupid with what the issue was...

My image was being created exactly as it should have been - and the
code was fine. Now where my issue was: I had a line of code in there
that was to prevent people from calling the script directly (had to be
referred from a particular page). Well IE did not like that for
printing. Even though the script acted exactly as it should have by
design. I saved the image to my desktop to test it, and when opening in
an image app - it would not even open (even though displaying fine in a
browser). So I changed the file ext of the downloaded file to that of a
text file and opened it... and what do you know - there was the error
my php script generates when the page is not called properly.

So I removed that line of code (completely irrelevant to the image
itself) And win/IE could print like all the other browsers could.

doh!

Dustin

On 14-Apr-05, at 5:41 PM, Richard Lynch wrote:

>
> You'd want to http://php.net/urlencode the text, then.
>
> <?php
> $text = "This is an example!";
> $text_url = urlencode($text);
> $url = "http://example.com/gd_script/text=$text_url/fool_ie.jpg";
> ?>
>
>
> On Wed, April 13, 2005 5:42 pm, DuSTiN KRySaK said:
>> One thing I feel is important to point out before I keep banging my
>> head off of the wall here...
>>
>> In the URL parameter that is sent to the file, the url parameter is
>> just carrying text that is printed into the image. It is not actually
>> the image name, or anything. The image is generated in the cstl file
>> (which actually is the image - sends JPEG headers,etc) - with the text
>> on it (grabbed from the URL parameter).
>>
>> d
>>
>>
>> On 13-Apr-05, at 5:03 PM, Richard Lynch wrote:
>>
>>> Yup.
>>>
>>> $_PATH['x'] for the items that look like this: .../x=42/
>>>
>>> And $PATH (without the underscore) is a string concatenation of all
>>> elements (after the PHP script) that look like this /whatever/
>>>
>>> So you might use something like a PHP script named 'scale' and then:
>>>
>>> http://example.com/scale/width=100/height=100/images/subdir/
>>> bigpic.jpg
>>>
>>> and then you know that you want to scale the image in your
>>> images/subdir
>>> naemd bigpic.jpg down to 100x100 at maximum.
>>>
>>> You'll have:
>>> $_PATH['width'] -> 100
>>> $_PATH['height'] -> 100
>>> $PATH = '/images/subdir/bigpic.jpg'
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, April 12, 2005 6:21 pm, DuSTiN KRySaK said:
>>>> And then all I should have to do is change my $_REQUESTS to $PATH in
>>>> hte cstl file right?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> d
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12-Apr-05, at 5:46 PM, Richard Lynch wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, April 11, 2005 1:14 pm, DuSTiN KRySaK said:
>>>>>> hey - thanks a lot for the code snip - I am trying to use it
>>>>>> now....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just to confirm - the $path include file is included in the file
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> calls the cstl file - correct?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Something like:
>>>>>
>>>>> <?php require 'pathinfo.inc'; ?>
>>>>>
>>>>> You can use this same technique for not just JPEG, but also PDF,
>>>>> SWF
>>>>> (Ming) and FDF files, all of which Microsoft will screw up if you
>>>>> don't
>>>>> "fool" them with a URL that "looks" like static content.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> d
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5-Apr-05, at 5:57 PM, Richard Lynch wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, April 5, 2005 2:26 pm, DuSTiN KRySaK said:
>>>>>>>> Hi there - I had my first crack at creating a dynamic image. The
>>>>>>>> thing
>>>>>>>> is - the image is displayed fine in the browser, but when you go
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> print it, the image is either missing, or part of it is missing.
>>>>>>>> Is
>>>>>>>> there something special needed to print a dynamic image?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What you did, *should* work just fine.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But we're talking *MICROSOFT* here!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> These people do *NOT* follow standards. Period.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here is a code snippet used to create the image....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> header("Content-type: image/jpg");
>>>>>>>> $image = imagecreatefromjpeg("template_cpn.jpg");
>>>>>>>> $red = imagecolorallocate( $image, 255,0,0 );
>>>>>>>> imagestring($image, 2, 306, 200, $couponcode, $red);
>>>>>>>> imagestring($image, 2, 306, 235, $exp, $red);
>>>>>>>> imagestring($image, 2, 175, 338, $myname, $red);
>>>>>>>> imagestring($image, 2, 175, 360, $myemail, $red);
>>>>>>>> imagejpeg($image);
>>>>>>>> imagedestroy($image);
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Now the way I have it set up, is that there is a PHP file that
>>>>>>>> generates the image (the above code). Then I have a parent PHP
>>>>>>>> page
>>>>>>>> that calls that page like so:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> $theurl = "cstl.php?dk=soemthinghere
>>>>>>>> echo "<img src=\"$theurl\">";
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> See any issues in my code or setup?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here's what you do: You make it *IMPOSSIBLE* for Microsoft to
>>>>>>> screw
>>>>>>> up.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This means you make your URL look JUST LIKE any other JPEG URL.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> $theurl = "cstl/dk=somethinghere/whatever.jpg";
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Step 1:
>>>>>>> Add/Create an .htaccess file with this:
>>>>>>> <Files cstl>
>>>>>>> ForceType application/x-httpd-php
>>>>>>> </Files>
>>>>>>> This forces Apache to treat the file named 'cstl' as a PHP
>>>>>>> script.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Step 2:
>>>>>>> Rename cstl.php to just 'cstl' (see Step 1)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Step 3:
>>>>>>> Instead of using $_GET['dk'] do this:
>>>>>>> $pathinfo = $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'];
>>>>>>> $pathinfo = explode('/', $pathinfo);
>>>>>>> //Key-Value pairs:
>>>>>>> $_PATH = array();
>>>>>>> //Path information buried in URL for source image
>>>>>>> sub-directories:
>>>>>>> $PATH = array();
>>>>>>> while (list(, $keyval) = each($pathinfo)){
>>>>>>> $parts = explode('=', $keyval);
>>>>>>> switch(count($parts)){
>>>>>>> case 0: break; //do nothing with bogus extra '/' in URL
>>>>>>> case 1: $PATH[] = $keyval;
>>>>>>> default:
>>>>>>> $key = $parts[0];
>>>>>>> unset($parts[0]);
>>>>>>> $_PATH[$key] = implode('=', $parts);
>>>>>>> break;
>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now you can use $_PATH['dk'] instead of $_GET['dk'] to get your
>>>>>>> dk
>>>>>>> value
>>>>>>> from the URL. You'll only change $_GET to $_PATH in cstl
>>>>>>> (formerly
>>>>>>> cstl.php) and you're all set.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now, there is *NO* *WAY* Microsoft can manage to screw up your
>>>>>>> URL
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> decide that it must not be a JPEG because it has GET data, or
>>>>>>> ends
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> .php
>>>>>>> or whatever.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This same technique must be applied to PDF, FDF, SWF/Ming files
>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> want to avoid a zillion MS IE bugs related to multi-media.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So you might as well put the code for $_PATH/$PATH in an include
>>>>>>> file.
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> guarantee you'll need it again and again as you use more and more
>>>>>>> multi-media in your web-site.
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>> http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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