Screenshot class
 

Hey there everyone,

Class URL

I recently wrote a screenshot class, which (as you might expect) allows PHP to take screenshots providing their system all checks out.

Some parts of the code are fairly messy, and probably written when I was drunk, so I was just looking for some criticism (and even better, improvements) to the code.

And yes, I know some bits are (very) odd, but try not to hurt my feelings too much! 8-)

Anyway, the URL to the class is here: Class: Screenshot (internet, screenshot, explorer) - PHP Classes

Any advice at all is extremely welcome.

Thanks,

Dan

Nice :-) Nottingham, eh? Whereabouts? I live in Long Eaton :-(

Thanks man. I downloaded it and will give it a shot here in the next week or two.

I know you do :-)

If you check your private messages from a long time back (if you still have them) you'll see we talked about it ^^

Chilwell btw, very close.

Dan

it only works if you have IE, right?

I would say so, yes. The one I created a while ago used the IE COM component.

As does this one.

So...it basically sucks... A platform independent solution like browsrcamp.com would be fine, but an ActiveX solution...that doesn't really excite :-)

Any browser with COM directive can be implemented, but since IE is build into Windows then its it nature to have a COM directive. If I don't remember wrong then other applications such as Photoshop, Office ect. have a COM directive aswell.

However I already guessed it was using the imagegrabwindow() / imagegrabscreen() functions, however they can be EXTREMELY slow and you will also need to grand your webserver permissions to interact with the desktop in services.msc

=)

nice mate. I personally use the service over at bluga.net/webthumb/ .

Its powerful, and is rather cheap too.

Its nice seeing one of these in action though, even with its limitations.