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[SOLVED]Need to display an image as a link...

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:39 am
by grammic
Hi everyone!

My problem is that by using gdlib, I was able to create an image that has lots of rectangles in it and everyone of them has a text.

I would like to display the text, or if not possible, the rectangles as links.

I have the suspicion that this can not be done...Any suggestion would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:58 pm
by rehfeld
you mean like this?

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<a href="some_other_page.php"><img src="image_script.php"></a>

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:14 am
by grammic
No...

you see the .php that has the image, includes rectangles that are not explicit objects.
I want those to be displayed as links...

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:53 am
by patrikG
if I understand you correctly, you want to have certain parts of an image (doesn't matter whether they're generated with GDlib or not) to be a link?
That's an HTML, not a PHP, question: use an image map.

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:17 am
by grammic
Thanks for your help!

Can I do that dynamically?

I mean the images that will be displayed as links won't be always the same.

And do you have in mind any URL with information about image maps?

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:37 am
by patrikG
HTML Image Map tutorial

http://www.dtp-aus.com/im-map.htm

there is a server-side option, but it's quite a bit more advanced:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_imap.html

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:49 am
by grammic
Thanks!