[PHP] Transparent Image Help

I am trying to create an image in php. I need a little better description then whats in the manual. Anyone know a good tutorial / article on creating transparent images in PHP. Using another picture and adding text would be helpful as well. Go gentle, i am sorta new to php. Nick Hird [EMAIL

[PHP] POP3 Email

I have seen a few things where PHP can get IMAP email, but can PHP get POP3 email as well? I want to write a PHP application to get my POP3 email from my server. Can I do it with PHP? Or no? Thanks for your time.