FPDF + Images + Remote Location

Hey All,

I'm using the FPDF class to dynamically create PDF files with PHP. So far so good, its a really decent setup, and I'd recommend it to anyone looking to create PDFs.

I'm trying to add images. The images I'm trying to add are remotely located on a different site (They are National Weather Service Weather Charts, I'm creating a site for Pilot's to get Weather Briefings).

The images are also gifs, which I have modifed FPDF to handle Gifs. My problem comes from the fact they are remote.

If someone could take a few minutes and let me know which grouping of php functions I can use to grab the remote image and save it onto my server, it would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure once I get the image locally, I can add it to the PDF.

I'm pretty decent with PHP, but I actually havent used many of the file manipulation functions and therefor am fairly lost on how to do the above task.

Thanks!

 

Looking for the same answers.
I am working on a website for a travel agency and they want to be able to deliver a Map and directions along with all there trip information inside the pdf. I have been using fpdf for about 3 years on this same website.

Let me know if you find a solution.

Thanks!

 

Taken from www.php.net/gd

function by office at 4point-webdesign dot com

imgcomp is the quality, i turned it around so now its from 0 -best to 100 -most compressed.

For gif version just change the functions names.

function resampimagejpg($forcedwidth, $forcedheight, $sourcefile, $destfile, $imgcomp)
    {
    $g_imgcomp=100-$imgcomp;
    $g_srcfile=$sourcefile;
    $g_dstfile=$destfile;
    $g_fw=$forcedwidth;
    $g_fh=$forcedheight;

    if(file_exists($g_srcfile))
        {
        $g_is=getimagesize($g_srcfile);
        if(($g_is[0]-$g_fw)>=($g_is[1]-$g_fh))
            {
            $g_iw=$g_fw;
            $g_ih=($g_fw/$g_is[0])*$g_is[1];
            }
            else
            {
            $g_ih=$g_fh;
            $g_iw=($g_ih/$g_is[1])*$g_is[0];   
            }
        $img_src=imagecreatefromjpeg($g_srcfile);
        $img_dst=imagecreate($g_iw,$g_ih);
        imagecopyresampled($img_dst, $img_src, 0, 0, 0, 0, $g_iw, $g_ih, $g_is[0], $g_is[1]);
        imagejpeg($img_dst, $g_dstfile, $g_imgcomp);
        imagedestroy($img_dst);
        return true;
        }
        else
        return false;
    }

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