Generate a screenshot of HTML / CSS code

[farzher]

I have the content of an email in a database, and I need to generate a screenshot of the email based on that..

 

I'm thinking this won't be possible in PHP and I'll have to use some service? Anyone know where to begin?

 

[scootstah]

You could use the GD library to create an image with the text from the email.

[farzher]

That's interesting, but the content is HTML / CSS, and I need to somehow have it rendered before I take a screenshot of it, which I think would require a browser?

[floridaflatlander]

I'm not sure I know what your doing but can you use print screen then paste it in an image editor and trim as needed?

[farzher]

I'm reading the email content from a pop3 connection, it's all automated.

Nice try though x)

[farzher]

Hey guys, I found what I need, it's called wkhtmltoimage It's a binary file that you can execute using PHP.

I have it installed on my server in the root folder, just above public_html, and I can execute it through SSH, but I can't figure out how to execute it from my php script.

Which is in public_html/lib/functions.php

 

I tried this:

exec("wkhtmltoimage-amd64 http://google.com/ output.png")

It says: wkhtmltoimage-amd64: command not found

exec("../../wkhtmltoimage-amd64 http://google.com/ output.png")

Didn't work either.