Convert HTML to PNG or JPG in PHP

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rendering html to png (server-side)

I have a DIV element with some images positioned within the DIV element. I want to make a JPG or a PNG file out of that, so people can save it for their Facebook timeline cover image. I found a LOT of scripts and tutorials, but nothing really fills my needs. This can't really be a very hard thing to do?

I already got my host to install iMagick.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 19 '12 at 15:08

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You should get the positions via JavaScript (I guess you are using js to set the positions of the images in the div) and send them to a PHP-Script. With help of the PHP GD manual you can easily generate a png oder jpeg image.

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ᴘᴀɴᴀʏɪᴏᴛɪs

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answered Apr 19 '12 at 13:15

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 19 '12 at 13:17

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You can try

WKHTMLTOIMAGE

answered Apr 19 '12 at 13:17

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When i visit the link, it goes to WKHTMLTOPDF, is that correct? Also, how does it work? – Chris van der Berg Apr 19 '12 at 13:41
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there are README files my dear. – Jürgen Paul Apr 19 '12 at 13:48

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 19 '12 at 15:18

I had to achieve the same thing, only for something else than Facebook and I used webkit2png

I save the HTML code on a temporary HTML file, then I run the python webkit2png command on that temporary HTML file which converts it to PNG. It requires xvfb (apt-get install xvfb)

I then use the following command in PHP:

exec('xvfb-run --server-args="-screen 0, 1024x768x24" python webkit2png.py --log=/tmp/webkit2pnglog.log --output=' .$fullUploadPath . ' ' . $fullPath);

Where $fullUploadPath is the location of the target file and $fullPath is the location of the temporary HTML file.

Convert HTML to PNG or JPG in PHP

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