images w/ php

[Anon]

Hello,

I want to create a free counter service, but my host doesn't provide the image_create function.

So I was wondering what way I can create images.

I saw someone use 10 seperate images, eg.

0.gif 1.gif 2.gif and have the script figure out what order to put them in. So I guess I could go that way, but now I come along with another problem.

How can I get the image to print out on a site that only allows html. Then I thought of using javascript, but I don't know a lot about javascript and incorporating it with php calls.

Can someone tell me what I have to do.

counter.php - script that prints out the counter results

counter.html - page that uses javascript to print out the php result.

If you can either guide me or write me some code, that would be very appreciated!

Thanks!

[einhverfr]

I think you may be making this problem more difficult than it is.

PHP is entirely server-side and javascript is entirely client-side. What this means is that they never see eachother, so integration is not an issue.

Javascript gives you client-side interactivity (i.e. the ability for the reader to interact with the front end without interacting with the server. If that is what you need, then by all means do so. But otherwise, everything you want shoudl be doable with PHP and HTML.

Start by making a few trial runs on paper (no computer involved) and see if you can figure out the HTML to display the graphics properly. Once you get a feel for what causes particular changes in the front end (HTML) then you can create a script to make these changes. This will create a page that will provide interactivity only though contacting the server, but that is my sense of your intentions.

Best of luck,
Chris