Outputting image with data

[eluser]jasonfx[/eluser]
Happy new year all,

I've been looking for a way to create little image widgets layers with some data fetched from a database using codeigniter. Does anyone have any idea how something like this can be accomplished?

Here's an example of what I'm talking about:

http://www.myfxbook.com/widget?id=212249...lor=orange