Convert basic html file to a Image - php

Question

Is there a php or javascript method of converting a simple html file with text to a JPEG image and saving it automatically. I would like to be able to pull it into Outlook 2007 as "embedded content" for a company's dynamic disclaimer
Any help would be appreciated
UPDATE
i have found the following script that produces a image with only a string:
<?php
$text = "This is a example";
header("Content-Type: image/png");
$im = #imagecreate(700, 300)
or die("Cannot Initialize new GD image stream");
$background_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
$text_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
imagestring($im, 12, 5, 5, $text, $text_color);
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>
Is there a way to get <br> tags to work in a php string?

Answer 1

use the imageTTFtext() function and concatenation the <br /> tag.
<?php
header(“Content-type: image/gif”);
$string = 'This is another text i want to include';
$im = imagecreate( 400, 200 );
$red = imagecolorallocate($image, 255,0,0);
$blue = imagecolorallocate($image, 0,0,255 );
$font = “/usr/local/jdk121_pre-v1/jre/lib/fonts/LucidaSansRegular.ttf”;
imageTTFtext( $im, 50, 0, 20, 100, $blue, $font, “This is some text!” );
imagegif($im);
?>
I created a canvas with a width of 400 pixels, you'll need a FreeType font in addition to your GD library. with the imageTTFtext() function i defined a width of 50 and angle of 0 of the text. so to make the string more complex, you can place the <br /> tag like this:
imageTTFtext( $im, 50, 0, 20, 100, $blue, $font, “This is some text!<br/>”.$string."some other text" );
Hope you get the picture now...