Introduction
Making a website with PHP is very easy and involves doing many of things, such as creating an image. So this article describes how to create a simple image using PHP. Use the procedure described here to create an image using PHP.
Step 1
Check if "extension=php_gd2.dll" in the "php.ini" file is enabled. To check it use the following procedure.
- Click on the php.ini file
![php-ini-file.jpg]()
- If it is checked then uncheck it "extension=php_gd2.dll", as in the following image:
![php-ini-uncheck.jpg]()
Step 2
After unchecking it, restart the Wamp server.
Step 3
You can check whether the service is enabled using the following procedure.
1-Open "NotePad" and enter the following code into Notepad:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
2-Save it with name of "phpinfo.php".
3-Run this file on localhost, it will display output that looks like the following, which proves that your GD Support has been enabled.
![gd.jpg]()
So the GD service has been enabled. Now you are ready to write the image creating code using PHP.
Save the following code with the name "image.php" in your www root.
<?php
header('Content-type: image/png');
$myImage = imagecreate(200, 100);
$mycolor = imagecolorallocate($myImage, 100,0,400);
$myBlack = imagecolorallocate($myImage, 1, 1, 1);
imageline($myImage, 15, 100, 120, 60, $myBlack);
imagepng($myImage);
imagedestroy($myImage);
?>
Run it, it will give output like:
![create-image-in-php.jpg]()
Then create another PHP code file with the name "call.php" with the following code:
<html>
<head>
<title>Call PHP File</title>
</head>
<body>
<img src="image.php" alt="" />
</body>
</html>
Output
![call-image-in-php.jpg]()