When I try to use absolute/url paths with [man]imagecreatefrompng[/man], it doesn't work. The file just times out. What could be causing this? I don't get an error or anything. It works fine with relative paths.

Is there a setting I need to change? I am building the website on my local machine, using Appserv, a windows based program that runs MYSQL and Apache. The absolute path I am using is http://localhost/.

    I just tried this script (just added some stuff to the script from php.net), and it worked fine on my machine.

    <?php

function LoadPNG($imgname)
{
   global $im;

   $im = @imagecreatefrompng($imgname); /* Attempt to open */
   if (!$im) { /* See if it failed */
       $im  = imagecreate(150, 30); /* Create a blank image */
       $bgc = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
       $tc  = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
       imagefilledrectangle($im, 0, 0, 150, 30, $bgc);
       /* Output an errmsg */
       imagestring($im, 1, 5, 5, "Error loading $imgname", $tc);
   }
   return $im;
}

LoadPNG('http://localhost:7628/projects/image_png/pnglogo-blk-sml1.png');

imagepng($im, "woo.png");

?>

    Show me the script you're using and maybe I can help you. This script also worked when I used:

    LoadPNG('http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/img_png/pnglogo-blk-sml1.png');

    But, I guess if you show me what you're working with maybe I can identify the problem. Hope I can help. 🙂

      Yeah, show us some code. But, if it's URL's you're opening, might want to check the 'allow_url_fopen' directive. Is it allowed?

        Why would you need to use an absolute URL to localhost? If the image is on localhost then surely you can just locate the file by its file path?

          I want to use absolute paths to have it be more secure. I could use file:///, but some things don't like that beginning, so I use http://localhost/. Also, I plan on moving my site to another host, and plan to use absolute paths when I do so.

          My PHP.ini says:

          allow_url_fopen = On

          Here's some code: Sorry it's not organized visually right now...

          <?php

include 'functions.php';
include 'config.php';
include 'connect.php';
include 'sessions.php';

$abs_path = 'http://localhost/spcatv/';
$path_to_images = $abs_path.'images/';
$path_to_templates = $path_to_images.'templates/';

$image_type = array (
1 => 'navi',
2 => 'large',
3 => 'small',
);
If (!$_SESSION['image_fields'])
{
$result=get_image_fields();
If (!$result)
{
$error = 'There is an error in the image fields array';
reg_error($error);
}
}
If ($_SESSION['submitted'])
{
For ($z = 1; $z <= sizeof($image_type); $z++)
{
$type = $choice_type[$_SESSION['x']].'_'.$image_type[$z];

Switch ($type) //Selects the type, I know it's redundant, but I want it to adapt to anything...
{
//--------------[NAVIGATION]------------------------------------
case "navi":
$imagesource =  $abs_path.$path_to_templates."navi.png";
$startwidth = (30);
$fontsize=11;
$path_to_store = $path_to_images.$choice_type[$_SESSION['x']].'/generated/';
break;


case "crew_navi":
$imagesource =  $abs_path.$path_to_templates."navi.png";
$startwidth = (50);
$fontsize=10;
$path_to_store = $path_to_images.'navi/generated/';
break;

case "evnt_navi":
$imagesource =  $abs_path.$path_to_templates."navi.png";
$startwidth = (50);
$fontsize=10;
$path_to_store = $path_to_images.'navi/generated/';
break;

case "news_navi":
$imagesource =  $abs_path.$path_to_templates."navi.png";
$startwidth = (50);
$fontsize=10;
$path_to_store = $path_to_images.'navi/generated/';
break;

//--------------[DEFAULT]---------------------------------------

default:
$error = "You have gotten to this page worngly!  Please follow the correct urls!";;
disaster_error($error);
break;
}

$filetype = substr($imagesource,strlen($imagesource)-4,4);

$filetype = strtolower($filetype);

Switch ($filetype)
{
case '.gif':
$image = @imagecreatefromgif($imagesource);
break;

case '.jpg':
$image = @imagecreatefromjpeg($imagesource);
break;

case '.png':
$image = @imagecreatefrompng($imagesource);
break;
}
if (!$image) die('errpr');

$font = '../images/fonts/tahoma.ttf';

$imagewidth = imagesx($image);

$imageheight = imagesy($image);

$fontwidth = imagefontwidth($font);

$fontheight = imagefontheight($font);

$string=$_SESSION['name']; //Add Abbrevation!!!!

$startheight = (($imageheight + $fontheight)/2);

$white = imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 255, 255);

$black = ImageColorAllocate($image, 0, 0, 0);

imagettftext($image, $fontsize, 0, $startwidth, $startheight, $white, $font, $string);

imagepng($image, $path_to_store.$_SESSION['id'].'_'.$image_type[$z].".png");

imagedestroy($image);
                 print ($path_to_store);
If ($_SESSION['method'] == 'create')
{
$query = 'Insert into '.$image_table_name.' Values (\'\',\''.$_SESSION['id'].'\',\''.$image_type[$z].'\')';
mysql_close();
}
}
}
If (!$error)
{
$_SESSION['image_done'] = 'set';
$to = 'process.php?sid='.session_id();
redirect($to);
}
Else
{
Print ('Error'.$error_codes[$error]);
die();
}
?>
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