PHP & Vector Graphics

[Anon]

Hi Folks,

Has anyone here used PHP to manipulate large vector graphics?

Basically, what I want is to create a PHP function as follows:

drawImage (filename, x, y, width, height, hres, vres)

This will open the image stored in filename, it will then create a "slice" of that image of widthxheight pixels, centred on x,y. The resolution of this image will be as dictated by hres and vres.

Thus, by adding to / subtracting from x and y, I can scroll about the image. And by adding to / subtracting from hres and vres, I can zoom in or out of the image.

I could do this using a gif image, but obviously, zooming would be a problem. So, I'd like to use a vector-based format.

Any ideas? tips? leads?

Thanks in advance,

Jack

[Anon]

Hello, i have the same problem .. i want to make a zoom into a gif file.

did you get any results?
Thanks
Happy new Year!

[Anon]

This post is a bit old, but I thought I would reply anyway. If you're looking for vector based graphics, there are a few options: flash, cgm, svg. Of the ones listed above, svg, or Scalable Vector Graphics is my personal favorite, though admittedly, I'm fairly new to the scene. It is a W3C standard, and is being included with the newer browsers. It's 'scripted' using XML and seems to be pretty powerful. Take a look at some of the demos at Adobe (who provides the viewer):

http://www.adobe.com/svg/

Hope this helps.