README.md

They Live Placeholder

Generates placeholder images in the style of billboards from John Carpenter's movie They Live.

Requirements

• GD with FreeType, JPEG and PNG libraries

Install

$ composer install

Start

$ php -S 0.0.0.0:3000 index.php

Usage

http://localhost:3000/{width}x{height}.{format}?text={text}

• width: Width of the image.
• height (optional): If omitted, a squared image will be created based on the specified width.
• format (optional): png (default), gif or jpg are valid formats.
• text (optional): If no text is specified, random slogans from the movie are used.

Examples

• http://localhost:3000/300
• http://localhost:3000/300x600
• http://localhost:3000/900x1200.png
• http://localhost:3000/900x1200.jpg
• http://localhost:3000/900x1200.jpeg
• http://localhost:3000/500.jpg
• http://localhost:3000/500.jpg?text=Hello%20World
• http://localhost:3000/500x700.jpg?text=Hello%20World

Example Image

http://localhost:3000/600x400

Use with Apache

In order to use this script with an Apache server use a .htaccess file to redirect all requests to index.php.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

License

Licensed under the MIT License.