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Title : Convert PNG, JPEG and GIF images to ASCII
Categories : PHP, ASCII, GD image library Click here to Update Your Picture
leaping langoor
Date : Apr 27th 2005
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<?php

/************************************************
** Image to ASCII
**
** Author.: leapinglangoor [ leapinglangoor@yahoo.co.in ]
** Date...: 12th Dec 2004
** ver....: v1.00
**
** desc...: Send an argument $filename and  $dir
** The image can be png, jpeg or gif only.
** Use filename such as some.jpeg, langoors.gif, xhtml.png
** $dir - The path of the directory where the image is located
**
************************************************/

function ascii( $filename, $dir )
{
   
$name = basename( $filename );
   
$file = $dir . $name;

    if(
file_exists( $file ) )
    {
       
$what = getimagesize( $file );

        switch(
$what['mime'] )
        {
            case
'image/png' : $src_id = imagecreatefrompng( $file );
                         break;
            case
'image/jpeg': $src_id = imagecreatefromjpeg( $file );
                         break;
            case
'image/gif' : $old_id = imagecreatefromgif( $file );
                         
$src_id = imagecreatetruecolor( $what[0],$what[1]);
                         
imagecopy( $src_id, $old_id, 0, 0, 0, 0, $what[0], $what[1] );
                         break;
            default: break;
        }

    }

    else
    {
        die(
'No such file' );
    }

    if(
$src_id )
    {

       
$x_size = imagesx( $src_id );
       
$y_size = imagesy( $src_id );

       
// if it really read each pixel, it'd be too slow and heavy. so, here we determine
        // how many pixels the script must 'jump' each loop. tip: y jump must be greater
        // than the x jump, to decrease the distorcion.
       
$x_jump = 2;
       
$y_jump = 3;

       
// char/strings that will construct the image. it's randomly selected after,
        // in the loop. a value in the array will be one pixel in the asci-image.
       
$pixel_char = array(0);

        echo
"The image is $x_size x $y_size\n";

        echo
"<span style='font-size:6px; font-weight:bold;'>";
        echo
"<pre>";
       
// now it has a 'nested loop' to read 'each' pixel and print it
       
for( $y = 0; $y < $y_size; $y+=$y_jump )
        {

            for(
$x = 0; $x < $x_size; $x+=$x_jump )
            {

                if(
$x >= $x_size || $y >= $y_size ) break;

               
$rgb = @imagecolorat($src_id, $x, $y);
               
$r = ($rgb >> 16) & 0xFF;
               
$g = ($rgb >> 8) & 0xFF;
               
$b = $rgb & 0xFF;

                if(
$x >= $x_size )
                {
                    break;
                }

                if(
$y >= $y_size )
                {
                    break;
                }

               
$pc = 'WM';

                echo
"<font style='color:rgb($r,$g,$b)'>WM</font>";

            }
// end of 'x' loop

       
echo "\r\n"; // end of a line


       
} // end of 'y' loop
       
echo "</pre></span>"; // close opened tags

   
} // end if( $src_id )

} //end function ascii
?>


Example usage
<?php
$image
= 'logo.jpg';
$dir = './';
ascii( $image, $dir );  // The ascii will be output by itself
?>



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