Get somebodys name... count each letter, then draw a box 4 each letter... HOW?!?

[l3vi]

I am trying to make a code where somebody just enters there name, and it will draw a box 4 each letter of there name... BUT! I cant figure out how 2 do that... Plz help me... This is all I have so far...


$Name = "$_POST[Name]";
$Name = ltrim($Name);
$Name = ucfirst($Name);
$amount = strlen($Name);

print("Your name contains $amount letters!<br>");

$im = imagecreate(200,50);
$white = imagecolorallocate($im,255,255,255);
$black = imagecolorallocate($im,0,0,0);
$blue = imagecolorallocate($im,189,199,299);
imagefill($im,0,0,$blue);

foreach ($Name as $amount){
ImageRectangle($im,0,0,25,25,$white);
}

But that doesnt seem to work... If you could tell me how to do this, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT! :) :) :) :)

[necros]

I'm not being funny or anything but can you not just output n boxes using img, in html ?
also if your going to do a print within the document that contains the images using the method below, each image must be called as a seperate resource, so that mime types can be set, etc.
Using something along the lines of <img src="/imgs/db_image.php?name=pieface">.

[l3vi]

Yeah, I could...That would probably be the better way 2 go... But I also am thinking about once I get this down, 2 let them chose colors and everything... But still, how do I make it draw a box 4 each letter?

[necros]

for($i=0; $i < count($_POST['name']); $i++) {
echo "<TABLE border="1">
<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>";
}

The html syntax may not be correct, but you should get the idea from the above.

let them chose colors and everything.
This should still be acheivable using only php.

[l3vi]

Okay, thnx a bunch! :) Thankyou Thankyou THankyou! :) :) :)!

[l3vi]

strlen($Name) works a bit better tho... the other way it counts arrays...:D

[necros]

bah.. sorry about that.. I was working on a nested forloop for array recursion at the time.

[l3vi]

lol. itsokay! :)