Tutorial: Generating scripted-signatures

kuroshiroi said:
Try setting the folder to 757, it seems your host doesn't like group writing permissions for some reason. It that doesn't work I've got nothing.

Fara7 said:
So switch() is a conditioning statement. As long as the random number created by rand() equals the number after case, it displays an image. Just like the select statement in VB :)

Ripaz said:
Is there any way to limit my output characters?

Example: I have "Code Geass - Hangyaku no Lelouch" and I want it to show 15 characters so it should look like this "Code Geass - Han..."

$substringanime = substr($animetitle, 0, 15);

imagettftext($image, $fontsize, $angle, $xbasepoint, $ybasepoint, $color, $font, $substringanime);

//now we have to prepare the information we cached in the $buffer array earlier

//for this we are going to use a for-loop

//this for-loop just extracts the anime_title information

for ($j=1;$j<$i;$j++) {
if ($cnt = strstr($buffer[$j],$title)) { //strstr('string to be searched', 'string to search')
//if the specified string has been found do...
//str_replace('found string', 'replace with', 'replace it in')
//and save it in the variable $ncnt
$ncnt = str_replace($title, "", $cnt);
$end = strstr($ncnt, $titleend); //strstr('string to be searched', 'string to search')
//once again replace a part of the string and save the outcome in a new arrai
$titles[$t] = str_replace($end,"",$ncnt);
$t++;
}

}

//now we have to prepare the information we cached in the $buffer array earlier

//for this we are going to use a for-loop

//this for-loop just extracts the anime_title information

for ($j=1;$j<$i;$j++) {
if ($cnt = strstr($buffer[$j],$title)) { //strstr('string to be searched', 'string to search')
//if the specified string has been found do...
//str_replace('found string', 'replace with', 'replace it in')
//and save it in the variable $ncnt
$ncnt = str_replace($title, "", $cnt);
$end = strstr($ncnt, $titleend); //strstr('string to be searched', 'string to search')
//once again replace a part of the string and save the outcome in a new arrai
$cutter = str_replace($end,"",$ncnt);
$titles[$t] = substr($cutter, 0, 15);
$t++;
}
}

<?php
$string = "Code Geass - Hangyaku no Lelouch R2";

If (strlen($string) > 20)
{
$reqstr = substr($string, 20, strlen($string));
$repstr = str_replace($reqstr, '....', $string);
}

print $repstr;
?>

//prepare the parsed information for the pic
for ($j=1;$j<$i;$j++) {
if ($cnt = strstr($buffer[$j],$title)) {
$ncnt = str_replace($title, "", $cnt);
$end = strstr($ncnt, $titleend);
$string = str_replace($end,"",$ncnt);
if (strlen($string) > 20) {
$required = substr($string, 20, strlen($string));
$replace = str_replace($required,"....",$string);
}
$titles[$t] = $replace;
$t++;

}
}

$status[$z] = trim(str_replace($end2,"",$ncnt),"\n");

for ($j=1;$j<$i;$j++) {
if ($cnt = strstr($buffer[$j],$title)) { //strstr('string to be searched', 'string to search')
//if the specified string has been found do...
//str_replace('found string', 'replace with', 'replace it in')
//and save it in the variable $ncnt
$ncnt = str_replace($title, "", $cnt);
$end = strstr($ncnt, $titleend); //strstr('string to be searched', 'string to search')
//once again replace a part of the string and save the outcome in a new arrai
$cutter = str_replace($end,"",$ncnt);
$titles[$t] = substr($cutter, 0, 15);
$t++;
}
}

for ($j=1;$j<$i;$j++) {
if ($cnt = strstr($buffer[$j],$title)) { //strstr('string to be searched', 'string to search')
//if the specified string has been found do...
//str_replace('found string', 'replace with', 'replace it in')
//and save it in the variable $ncnt
$ncnt = str_replace($title, "", $cnt);
$end = strstr($ncnt, $titleend); //strstr('string to be searched', 'string to search')
//once again replace a part of the string and save the outcome in a new arrai
$cutter = str_replace($end,"",$ncnt);
If (strlen($cutter) > 12)
{
$titles[$t] = substr($cutter, 0, 12);
$titles[$t] .= "...";
}
else{
$titles[$t] = str_replace($end,"",$ncnt);
}
$t++;

}

}

imagefttext($blub,14,45,10,120,$colour,$font,$titles[0]);
imagefttext($blub,13,45,15,137,$colour,$font,$status[0]);
imagefttext($blub,14,45,10,120,$colour,$font,$titles[1]);
imagefttext($blub,13,45,15,137,$colour,$font,$status[1]);
[/qote]
this should work, try to make the y-pos a little smaller e.g. replace 120 with 50 an 137 with 67 and see if it works

//this for-loop just extracts the anime_title information
for ($j=1;$j<$i;$j++) {
if ($cnt = strstr($buffer[$j],$title)) { //strstr('string to be searched', 'string to search')
//if the specified string has been found do...
//str_replace('found string', 'replace with', 'replace it in')
//and save it in the variable $ncnt
$ncnt = str_replace($title, "", $cnt);
$end = strstr($ncnt, $titleend); //strstr('string to be searched', 'string to search')
//once again replace a part of the string and save the outcome in a new arrai
$cutter = str_replace($end,"",$ncnt);
If (strlen($cutter) > 32)
{
$titles[$t] = substr($cutter, 0, 32);
$titles[$t] .= "...";
}
$t++;
}
}

for ($j=1;$j<$i;$j++) {
if ($cnt = strstr($buffer[$j],$title)) { //strstr('string to be searched', 'string to search')
//if the specified string has been found do...
//str_replace('found string', 'replace with', 'replace it in')
//and save it in the variable $ncnt
$ncnt = str_replace($title, "", $cnt);
$end = strstr($ncnt, $titleend); //strstr('string to be searched', 'string to search')
//once again replace a part of the string and save the outcome in a new arrai
$cutter = str_replace($end,"",$ncnt);
If (strlen($cutter) > 6)
{
$titles[$t] = substr($cutter, 0, 6);
$titles[$t] .= "...";
}
else{
$titles[$t] = str_replace($end,"",$ncnt);
}
$t++;

}

}

<?php
header("Content-Type: image/png");

//specify the url that shall be read
$url = "http://myanimelist.net/rss.php?type=rw&u=Ripaz";
//generate a readable file out of the specified url for our parser to read
$file = @fopen ("$url","r");
//starting and ending strings needed to get the valuable information out of the file
//do not modify this unless you know what you are doing
$title = "<title>";
$ptw = "<description>Plan to Watch -";
$watching = "<description>Watching -";
$completed = "<description>Completed -";
$onhold = "<description>On-Hold -";
$dropped = "<description>Dropped -";
$titleend = "</title>";
$descend ="</description>";
//set variables
$t = 0;
$z = 0;

//rss-parser(Anime-Titles)
if (trim($file) == "") {
echo "Service out of order"; //if we can't create a file MAL is supposed to be down
} else {
$i=0;
//this while-loop will run until the end of the file and read it line per line
//every single read line will be save in an array (in this case $buffer[$i]
while (!feof($file)) {
//1024 bytes per line will be read until the end of file has been reached
//every single line will be saved in the array $buffer
//example: line 1 would be saved in $buffer[0]; line 2 would be saved in $buffer[1] and so on
$buffer[$i] = fgets($file,1024);
$i++;
}
fclose($file);//close the file
}

//now we have to prepare the information we cached in the $buffer array earlier
//for this we are going to use a for-loop
//this for-loop just extracts the anime_title information
for ($j=1;$j<$i;$j++) {
if ($cnt = strstr($buffer[$j],$title)) { //strstr('string to be searched', 'string to search')
//if the specified string has been found do...
//str_replace('found string', 'replace with', 'replace it in')
//and save it in the variable $ncnt
$ncnt = str_replace($title, "", $cnt);
$end = strstr($ncnt, $titleend); //strstr('string to be searched', 'string to search')
//once again replace a part of the string and save the outcome in a new arrai
$cutter = str_replace($end,"",$ncnt);
If (strlen($cutter) > 32)
{
$titles[$t] = substr($cutter, 0, 32);
$titles[$t] .= "...";
}
else{
$titles[$t] = str_replace($end,"",$ncnt);
}
$t++;
}
}

//this for-loop just extracts the anime_episode information
for ($j=1;$j<$i;$j++) { //episodes
if ($cnt = strstr($buffer[$j],$ptw)) {
$status[$z] = "plan to watch";
$z++;
}
if ($cnt = strstr($buffer[$j],$completed)) {
$status[$z] = "completed";
$z++;
}
if ($cnt = strstr($buffer[$j],$onhold)) {
$status[$z] = "on hold";
$z++;
}
if ($cnt = strstr($buffer[$j],$dropped)) {
$status[$z] = "dropped";
$z++;
}
if ($cnt = strstr($buffer[$j],$watching)) {
$ncnt = str_replace($watching, "", $cnt);
$end2 = strstr($ncnt, $descend);
$status[$z] = str_replace($end2,"",$ncnt);
$z++;
}
}

//generate the image
$blub = ImageCreateFromPng("blueye.png");
$font = 'hero';
//imagecolorexact(image, red(between 0 and 255), green, blue)
//imagecolorexact($blub,0,0,0) = black font | imagecolorexact($blub,255,255,255) = white font
$colour = imagecolorexact($blub,210,201,194);
//imagefttext(image, font size, angle, x-pos(relative to the image in px), y-pos, font color, fontfile, text output)
imagefttext($blub,12,0,195,95,$colour,$font,$titles[0]);
imagefttext($blub,9,0,200,112,$colour,$font,$status[0]);
imagepng ($blub); //we want our final image to be in the png format
//imagepng ($blub, "sig.png") //imagepng (image, save as)
//imagedestroy ($sig);
?>

if (strstr($titles[0], "Clannad"))
{
$num = rand(0,2);
switch($num)
{
case 0:
$src = imagecreatefrompng ('clannad1.png');
break;
case 1:
$src = imagecreatefrompng ('clannad2.png');
break;
case 2:
$src = imagecreatefrompng ('clannad3.png');
}
}elseif (strstr($titles[0], "Special A")){
$src = imagecreatefrompng ('sa.png');
}elseif (strstr($titles[0], "Pani Poni Dash!")){
$src = imagecreatefrompng ('ppd.png');
}else{ $src = imagecreatefrompng ('default.png');
}

atruong18 said:
been trying to figure out whats wrong with it for awhile, but i cant get the 'sig_creator.php' to load on the website. keep getting 'not found'
any ideas on what's the problem?

using 000webhost
signature folder is 777 and the 'sig_creator.php' & 'sig.png' are both 755.
also in the signature folder is the 'Capture_it.tff' and 'dark_sig.png'

Drybananna said:

Im having this problem. ;___;

Might I have some files in the wrong folder?

I have both my ".png" files, my font file, and my "sig_creator.png" file in the Signature folder. Is that wrong? The host Im using is Awardspace.com

Any help is appreciated.

http://cielodesign.awardspace.com/Signature/sig_creator.php

T_T

Drybananna said:
When I put it to 777, it gives me this error: Error 500: Script Execution Failure

So I did what the above posts told me to do when getting that error and set it to 755. :<

Drybananna said:
His png files won't even upload in my ftp. =/ Im trying a new host now, though, so I hope that works. :D

Drybananna said:
New host seemed to do the trick + big thanks to Scud for helping me out. <3

Now, I have one last question:


That is what I came out with, but I want that black edges to go away so it will be transparent. In other words, it was suppose to be "ovular" not square. Sorry if that made no sense.

Gracias ahead of time. :D