├── .gitignore
├── ReadMe.md
├── empty.png
├── font.otf
└── index.php


/.gitignore:
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1 | _Works/
2 | 


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/ReadMe.md:
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 1 | # PHP eCertificate Generator
 2 | 
 3 | This was created as part of Praveen's live stream on his [YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/praveenscience?sub_confirmation=1). (Don't forget to star :star: the repo and subscribe to my YouTube channel to motivate me!)
 4 | 
 5 | To watch the full live stream, check out: [Who says PHP is dead? Let's Generate eCertificates using PHP feat. Shrutika & Eddie Jaoude](https://youtu.be/895oblyUzX8).
 6 | 
 7 | ![](https://i.imgur.com/EMy2p3Yl.png)
 8 | 
 9 | This project allows a user to auto-generate certificates from a database using PHP. The name of the individual receiving the certificate is fetched from a prepared database and inserted ontop of the background image. The name is centered horizontally.
10 | 
11 | ![Certificate](./empty.png)
12 | 


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/empty.png:
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/font.otf:
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/praveenscience/PHP-eCertificate-Generator/83e17bffa097b8b7d5220db2a1bb91ed0aaf512a/font.otf


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/index.php:
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 1 | <?php
 2 | 	// Get the name from the URL or GET Parameters.
 3 | 	$name = isset($_GET["name"]) ? $_GET["name"] : "Praveen Kumar";
 4 | 	// Create an image from the PNG that I have got.
 5 | 	$image = imagecreatefrompng("empty.png");
 6 | 	// Create a text colour.
 7 | 	$textColour = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 0);
 8 | 	// Get the font path.
 9 | 	$fontPath = __DIR__ . "/font.otf";
10 | 	// Get the bounding box of the text.
11 | 	$coords = imagettfbbox(60, 0, $fontPath, $name);
12 | 	// Import the custom font from path.
13 | 	// Write text inside image.
14 | 	// Left margin should be negated with half width of the text.
15 | 	// Current text width is given by the above $coords, so divide it by 2.
16 | 	imagettftext($image, 60, 0, 1000 - ($coords[2] / 2), 720, $textColour, $fontPath, $name);
17 | 	// Instruct the browser to read this page as image.
18 | 	header("Content-type: image/png");
19 | 	// Show the image to the browser or output.
20 | 	imagepng($image);
21 | 	// Destroy the image in the memory.
22 | 	imagedestroy($image);
23 | ?>


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