How do I convert HTML to an Image using PHP?

I'm working on a templating system and would like to generate an html document, and show a preview of the document as an image (so the customer cannot copy the HTML from a preview). How would I go about doing this in php?

How do I convert HTML to an Image using PHP?
I'm unsure how to do this in PHP, if you find an answer email me at dan@is-hot.net





However, another solution would be have an Iframe, with a transparent image on top, making copying of text, etc, not possible. The easiest way to create previews of a page would be simply to use Print Screen, then upload





Hope I helped!





Danltn - Daniel Neville - Contact me at dan@is-hot.net
Reply:You may want to try a gimp plugin to do that.





or look at the example here





http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.image.p...





RJ
Reply:Use alot of code and some other ko0l programs and dlls and ocxs and it's done, hope this was helpful.
Reply:I wouldn't use a jpg. This should be so much easier if done with a PDF. You can have the code generate a PDF and deliver it to the user without the HTML ever being sent to the browser. Additionally, you still have the HTML to save in a DB for purchase or whatever.





Check http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdf-php for PHP PDF creation, though there are other ways to do it as well.





Joe Tech


http://www.JoeTech.com
Reply:Why not just take a screen shot and use that? Then they would see an image and be able to see any html. Plus it would be a whole lot easier than using php for this.