Date: 05/05/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: database, web

I'm looking for information on dynamically-generated server-side images. For example, at a set interval, a program on my webserver could read some data from a database, and create a small image that contains this information, laid out all nice and neat.

I've browsed around for some information, but I can't seem to find any simple tutorials. How would I go about doing something like this? What languages should/could I use? Would I be able to assemble larger images from a composite of smaller images, or would I have to hard-code the entire image from hand?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1104018.html