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<?php
$url = 'horse-meat.jpg';
/**
* Turn an image into a mosaic
* @param string $url Path to the image
* @param int $sharpness Sample every x pixels. The td outputs will be x pixels high and wide
* @param boolean $use_rgba Use rgba instead of hex (probably won't work for a lot of email providers)
* @return string The table that will replicate the image
*/
function mosaic($url, $sharpness = 5, $use_rgba = false) {
list($w, $h, $type) = getimagesize($url);
$resource = imagecreatefromstring(file_get_contents($url));
//create the image the
$img = '<table style="border-collapse: collapse; height:' . $h . 'px; width:' . $w . 'px; ">';
for ($y = 0; $y < $h; $y+=$sharpness) {
$img .= '<tr>';
for ($x = 0; $x < $w; $x+=$sharpness) {
$color = imagecolorat($resource, $x, $y);
//get an rgba colour
$rgba = imagecolorsforindex($resource, $color);
$rgba['alpha'] = 1 - $rgba['alpha'];
$colour_string = $use_rgba? 'rgba('.implode(',',$rgba).')':rgb2hex($rgba);
$img .= '<td style="background:' . $colour_string . ';"></td>';
}
$img .= '</tr>';
}
$img .= '</table>';
return $img;
}
/**
* Convert an rgb array to a hex string
* @param array $rgba Format array('red'=>N1, 'green'=>N2, 'blue'=>N3, 'alpha'=>N4);
* @return type
*/
function rgb2hex(array $rgb) {
if(isset($rgb['alpha'])){
unset($rgb['alpha']);
}
$out = "";
foreach ($rgb as $c) {
$hex = base_convert($c, 10, 16);
$out .= ($c < 16) ? ("0" . $hex) : $hex;
}
return '#'.strtoupper($out);
}
?>
<style>
td{
padding:0;
overflow:hidden;
}
</style>
<?php
echo mosaic($url);
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SeanJA commented Mar 1, 2013

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