HTML to Image

[eluser]TheFuzzy0ne[/eluser]
Oooh. Apparently, browsershots is an open source project - http://sourceforge.net/projects/browsershots/.

[eluser]Dam1an[/eluser]
Just so you know, browser shots appears to be python based (at least the server end is)

[eluser]chandlerou[/eluser]
You're right, it is python based

I'm not looking for a free online service, or any online service for a one time deal. I'm looking to create and host this myself, not relying on other services such as browsers shots servers etc...

There has got to be a way.

[eluser]slowgary[/eluser]
So why not just throw a windows server onto your network and use imagegrabscreen()? You could use it only for screencaps.

[eluser]jdfwarrior[/eluser]
[quote author="slowgary" date="1242336933"]So why not just throw a windows server onto your network and use imagegrabscreen()? You could use it only for screencaps.[/quote]

Because implementing may be really easy, and would turn out a lot cheaper than buying another machine just to be able to make screenshots?? Who would wanna do that? That's crazy.

[eluser]slowgary[/eluser]
If you're hosting it yourself I'm sure you could open a URL and take a screenshot commandline, then return that image to your PHP script. This would be more of a linux quest than PHP or CI.

[eluser]jdfwarrior[/eluser]
I don't think Fuzzy was suggesting running your own browsershots service. I think it was more of a, the code is open source, go look at how they did it.

[eluser]jdfwarrior[/eluser]
[quote author="slowgary" date="1242337366"]If you're hosting it yourself I'm sure you could open a URL and take a screenshot commandline, then return that image to your PHP script. This would be more of a linux quest than PHP or CI.[/quote]

He obviously isn't hosting it locally because he was wondering how he would install something in cpanel.

[eluser]TheFuzzy0ne[/eluser]
Precisely. The best way to learn how it's done is to see how everyone else does it. Though it never occurred to me to check the language used. It was a result that turned up with "PHP" in the search query, so I assumed it would be PHP.

[eluser]jdfwarrior[/eluser]
[quote author="TheFuzzy0ne" date="1242337509"]Precisely. The best way to learn how it's done is to see how everyone else does it. Though it never occurred to me to check the language used. It was a result that turned up with "PHP" in the search query, so I assumed it would be PHP.[/quote]

gosh fuzz, all these youngins.. when are they gonna learn?