[Rokan]

A lot of ideas were taken from Oosband's Dynamic signature creation tutorial. Check that out too

Example:

Okay, for starters, you need some images:

• image.gif - this is the main image you will be working with; the one you will be linking to on forums and websites.
  
• image.php - this is the php code, the one that is renamed and embedded into the gif image, therefore making the image run a basic php script.
  
• .htaccess - this comes with almost all websites, the small file that is usually blank.
  
• image1.gif, image2.gif, image3.gif... as many as you want, with whatever name you want them to be called.

Alright! Lets DO THIS!
Open up image.gif in whatever drawing software you have and make it a 1x1 pixel image, as this saves space.
Edit image.php and add this code, replacing the names with the names you chose, and numbers with numbers you chose:

<?
//Code made by Rokan, with help from Oosband.
header("Content-type: image/gif");
$img = 5; //the amount of images you have
$num = rand(1,$img); //generates random number between 1 and the number you set $img to.
$im = imagecreatefromgif("image".$num.".gif"); //creates the image, and layers it, in a way, on top of image.gif.
imagegif($im); //create the gif image itself.
imagedestroy($im); //destroy it again to save space - it only needs to be loaded once.
?>

Alright. Now, your php code, if you go to the link of your php code in your browser, should give you that generated image. All thats left is a small code in your htaccess file.

Put the following into your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule avatar.gif avatar.php

You might well have to change the paths to the files, but apart from that it should be all working.

I thought that maybe all those with showcases or a big load of avatars that they can't choose out of could use this and show them all off.

Enjoy ^___^

[coolboy]

I seen this before

[Rokan]

Seeing as i wrote this out in around 5 minutes randomly; I really, really doubt you have. Thanks for blaming for something I haven't done.

If you're going to blame someone for ripping, at least have proof.

[Kobius]

coolboy, on Jan 20 2007, 12:12 AM, said:

I seen this before

Who hasn't? But please do not spam. You have been warned.

The tutorial - easy to follow, easy to use and it's nice to have a randomized avatar or sig. Good Job.

[kadomox]

i like this tut. nice work Rokan.

[cipcip]

nice tutorial ... i`ll try it some day

[Oosband]

LOL!
http://oosband.anizo...dom_sig/sig.gif

I made this and then saw this thread.
How very weird.

Great tutorial though, I see nothing wrong with the script either.
IPB blocks the script I used (I know why), but doesn't block yours. So I updated my script to yours and everything is good.
Thanks a lot, my sig looks great now.

This post has been edited by Oosband: 02 March 2007 - 12:00 AM