OK, thanks for this suggestion Jason. I'll try it and see and then see if I can find any alternative
Best regards Adrian > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 July 2003 20:34 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] Automatically creating an image of another website > > > On Tuesday 15 July 2003 02:57, Adrian Teasdale wrote: > > > Thanks for the reply. I was told that using html2ps and ps2gif via php > > pipes (if that's the right word) would let php go to a site and "browse" > > the page, print it off as postscript and then convert the > postscript file > > to a gif. not sure if that is possible which is why I posted > to the list. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated! :) > > In theory that would work. But in practice the output from > html2ps is very > primitive and ugly to boot. Don't expect anything resembling a > screenshot of > a browser rendered page. > > NB html2ps may have improved in the months since I last tried it > so try it and > judge for yourself. > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > ------------------------------------------ > Search the list archives before you post > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general > ------------------------------------------ > /* > /* Halley */ > > (Halley's comment.) > */ > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
