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[summcat]

Hello everybody-
I need to make a really simple progress bar. I have a dollar countup until 700 dollars are reached. I need to make a php script that lets me enter my progress out of 700, then it generates a progress bar. this progress bar needs to be link bar.php, so i can link to it in forums as an image. How should i do this? an admin panel is not really needed, id be glad to just edit the source when it changes.

thanks, and money is available if this is too hard.

[harmonic]

[edit]

I'll get it done ASAP.

[/edit]

Is black and grey okay?

Tell me colors if you need them..

[harmonic]

<?

	// EDIT THESE

	
	$current = "412"; // CURRENT NUMBER OF WHATEVER
	$goal = "700"; //GOAL
	$length = "300"; // NUMBER OF PIXELS FOR THE BAR TO BE...


	// DONT EDIT ANYMORE

	header ("Content-type: image/png");


	$percent = $current / $goal;
	$percent = intval($percent * 100);
	$total = $percent * ($length / 100);

	$im = imagecreate($length, 50);

	$grey = imagecolorallocate($im, 204, 204, 204);
	$black = imagecolorallocate ($im, 0, 0, 0);

	imagefilledrectangle($im, 0, 0, 300, 50, $grey);
	imagestring($im, 3, 5, 5, $percent."%", $black);
	imagefilledrectangle($im, 0, 25, $total, 50, $black);
	imagepng($im);
	
?>

Hope its cosmetically appealing enough, I can make it use different colors if you want... or have a border..

It works fine for me though. Im not gonna ask to be payed but i always accept tips if you insist

You can just edit $current to keep the image updated

[summcat]

ive got www.xstreamhost.com/~youngh/bar.phps , but since the scripts action is it's self, the bar cannot be displayed on forums. how can i get it to generate a bar so it can be displayed on a forum?

[Umbongo]

<img src="bar.php?current=23.97&max=700" />

[Rich2k]

Of course you must have GD compiled with PNG support for that to work

[cyansmoker]

Originally posted by summcat
ive got www.xstreamhost.com/~youngh/bar.phps , but since the scripts action is it's self, the bar cannot be displayed on forums. how can i get it to generate a bar so it can be displayed on a forum?

Summcat, I think you're on the right way; less work for the server, and it's easier to code
I am not sure I quite understand your comment, though?
Can't you put this <img tag between a <a href.. /a>; couple tags?

[summcat]

oh, yes, i can.