This script enables you to create placeholder images in a breeze.

Just link to the image.php file via the HTML <img> element. For example, <img src ="image.php?size=500x250&type=png&bg=f00&color=ffffff&text=Dummy" alt="Dummy Image"> would create a PNG image with red (#f00) background, white (#ffffff) text, the word “Dummy” written on it and a size of 500px width, 250px height.

This script handles the following parameters, where basically all of them are optional.

• size *(default: 640x480) — Examples:
  500x250 (= 500px width, 250px height)
  500 (= 500px square) *
• type (default: png) — Examples:
  png (= PNG image)
  gif (= GIF image)
  jpeg or jpg (= JPEG image)
• bg (default: CC0099) — Examples:
  f00 (= #FF0000 as background color)
  FF0855 (= #FF0855 as background color)
• color (default: FFFFFF) — Examples:
  000 (= #000000 as font color)
  FFFFFF (= #FFFFFF as font color)
• text (default: {WidthOfTheImage}×{HightOfTheImage}) — Examples:
  Lore Ipsum (= Image has Lore Ipsum written on it)

Please see the license file for more information.

Original idea by Russel Heimlich. When I first published this script, DummyImage.com was not Open Source, so I had to write a small script to replace the function on my own server.