Create dynamic "Aqua" style link buttons with the text of your choice.
By : FatherStorm
##########################################
#Use this function in your pages. You may need to
# modify the $buttonpath to a absolute URL
# depending on where you stick the button
# rendering page. The file used is included and
# needs to be in the same directory as the
# buttun.php file.
# this code requires GD
# FatherStorm www.fatherstorm.com
# mail@fatherstorm.com
##########################################
function button($text,$url,$target)
{
$buttonpath='makebutton.php';
if ($target !="") $target=' target="'.$target.'"';
if ($text=="" || $url=="") return ("No Valid Link");
$content = '<a href= "'.$url.'"'.$target.' border="0"><img src="'.$buttonpath.'?text='.$text.'" border=0></a>';
return($content);
}
################################################### Usage...
# echo button("Test","URL","TARGET");
##################################################
#############################################
# makebutton.php ############
#############################################
<?php
header("content-type: image/jpeg");
$text = substr($_REQUEST['text'],0,11);
$len = strlen($_REQUEST['text']);
if ($len > 11) $text .="..";$len = $len*8;
$file ="aqua.jpg";
$image = @imagecreatefromjpeg($file) or die ("No Image");
$x = (imagesx($image)/2)-($len/2)-8;$y = 12;
$black = imagecolorallocate($image,0,0,0);
imagestring($image,5,$x+2,$y+2,$text,$black);
imagestring($image,5,$x+1,$y-2,$text,$black);
imagestring($image,5,$x-1,$y+2,$text,$black);
imagestring($image,5,$x-2,$y-2,$text,$black);
imagestring($image,5,$x,$y,$text,$white);
imagejpeg($image);
imagedestroy($image);
?>
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