I'm trying to open a new tab with Php, then display an image. I found openWindow() function but it applies to Javascript. I'm trying to use only Php.
My Php code:
<?php
function showImage() {
$my_img = imagecreate( 200, 80 );
$background = imagecolorallocate( $my_img, 0, 0, 255 );
$text_colour = imagecolorallocate( $my_img, 255, 255, 0 );
$line_colour = imagecolorallocate( $my_img, 128, 255, 0 );
imagestring( $my_img, 4, 30, 25, "Quote", $text_colour );
imagesetthickness ( $my_img, 5 );
imageline( $my_img, 30, 45, 165, 45, $line_colour );
header( "Content-type: image/png" );
imagepng( $my_img, "quote.png" );
imagecolordeallocate( $line_color );
imagecolordeallocate( $text_color );
imagecolordeallocate( $background );
}
?>
Any help would be appreciated!
I'm trying to open a new tab with Php, then display an image. I found openWindow() function but it applies to Javascript. I'm trying to use only Php.
My Php code:
<?php
function showImage() {
$my_img = imagecreate( 200, 80 );
$background = imagecolorallocate( $my_img, 0, 0, 255 );
$text_colour = imagecolorallocate( $my_img, 255, 255, 0 );
$line_colour = imagecolorallocate( $my_img, 128, 255, 0 );
imagestring( $my_img, 4, 30, 25, "Quote", $text_colour );
imagesetthickness ( $my_img, 5 );
imageline( $my_img, 30, 45, 165, 45, $line_colour );
header( "Content-type: image/png" );
imagepng( $my_img, "quote.png" );
imagecolordeallocate( $line_color );
imagecolordeallocate( $text_color );
imagecolordeallocate( $background );
}
?>
Any help would be appreciated!
Share Improve this question edited Aug 2, 2013 at 1:30 Jonnny 5,03912 gold badges66 silver badges96 bronze badges asked Aug 2, 2013 at 1:24 TimeTime 232 silver badges9 bronze badges 7- 12 You can't do it as PHP is a server side language. You can write within PHP the JS to perform it though. – Jonnny Commented Aug 2, 2013 at 1:26
- 2 PHP has no knowledge of, connection to, or control over the web browser. You'll have to use client-side functionality to influence the web browser's behavior. (In this case HTML and/or JavaScript.) – David Commented Aug 2, 2013 at 1:27
- @Johny Do you have an example of this, Javascript within Php? Thanks. – Time Commented Aug 2, 2013 at 1:33
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@Time why don't you try just
echo "<some javascript>";– Hydra IO Commented Aug 2, 2013 at 1:34 - 1 If you don't want to use Javascript then you'll have to develop a browser that will understand PHP! – Lee Taylor Commented Aug 2, 2013 at 1:34
2 Answers
Reset to default 5PHP is a server-side language. This makes it impossible to open a new tab in the user's webclient without using Javascript.
Here are more information: Open a URL in a new tab (and not a new window) using JavaScript
As stated in the question ments, this is a browser / client side issue. PHP is a server side scripting language.
However, in you code, try this instead:
<?php
function showImage() {
$my_img = imagecreate( 200, 80 );
$background = imagecolorallocate( $my_img, 0, 0, 255 );
$text_colour = imagecolorallocate( $my_img, 255, 255, 0 );
$line_colour = imagecolorallocate( $my_img, 128, 255, 0 );
imagestring( $my_img, 4, 30, 25, "Quote", $text_colour );
imagesetthickness ( $my_img, 5 );
imageline( $my_img, 30, 45, 165, 45, $line_colour );
//header( "Content-type: image/png" );
imagepng( $my_img, "quote.png" );
imagecolordeallocate( $line_color );
imagecolordeallocate( $text_color );
imagecolordeallocate( $background );
// You should call this too.
imagedestroy($my_img);
echo '<a href="quote.png" target="_blank">View the image</a>';
// Or, you could try:
// echo '<html><body><script>window.open('quote.png','_blank')</script></body></html>';
}
?>