Tutorial: Generating scripted-signatures

<?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

Drybananna said:
Been looking for it, thought there might be. Good to know it being confirmed that there actually is. Haven't found it yet, but I'll keep searching, you don't have to look if you don't want. Thanks for all the help. ♥

windy said:
yeah the transparent stuff was a question i asked here. :)

atruong18 said:


that was the post!, lol.
i remembered something about jagged-ness
and it looks like your signature isnt jagged anymore. :)

windy said:
i actually haven't gotten around to editing it yet; i just made the image flat with rounded edges/white bg. it currently looks like crap to dark theme users but i'm so lazy. ;A;

deathafterkarma said:
Ok here is my first attempt at this.
*just something really basic so I can see the text and play with it*

I'm still trying to get the dates to work.. :?

Its a start..

Fara7 said:

We have already discussed about displaying the date here :) You can have a look.

Miyako-chan said:
Can you guys solve this for me:
I got January 5th on my sig when I updated my anime list, and it's January 6th for me.
I'm in GMT+1 zone. I'm using script from this tutorial.
How can I fix this?

Drybananna said:
Does anyone know how to put a stroke around the text? Not a glow, just a stroke. I've been trying everything, nothing seems to do it. :<

Sorry for all of my questions.

atruong18 said:


from what im guessing, go to 'edit your profile'
on the personal tab, there should be a timezone section, change it to your own timezone.
that should link to everything in the update hopefully, or only the ones after it.

_Bael said:
^that isn't it (the "profile timezone" decide only what shown on the MAL page, not what saved in the DB)

but maybe, the server you use have not your timezone
upload this as php file and look if the correct date shown
<?php
echo date("d M, G:i");//current date e.g. 06 Jan, 23:30
?>

if yes, post a snippet of the relevant code, for a closer look

$string = str_replace($end,"",$ncnt);
$titles[$t] = preg_replace('/ - (TV|Movie|ONA|OVA|OAD|Special)$/', '', $string);

Fara7 said:
Do this :)

In place of $titles[$t] in your code, put another variable and then use the code that Kuroshiroi gave with $titles[$t].

nikmax said:
I can't remove "- TV" thing T_T I did how Fara7 wrote but still no changes >_<
I'm using talons script.. can any1 help me??