php programming 4

[ozi1985]

I'm trying to solve this in PHP. I don't know how it's even possible. I get something printed though, and what I actually get is the image here: http://bildr.no/view/449362

I'm just wondering if anyone else has done this mission with php, or what programming language i should use.

[smithmetal]

I've done it in php (gd library), but i don't have my source code anymore. If i recall correctly, the only tricky part was the arcs. If you need help, just PM me your code and i'll give you hints.

[ozi1985]

i wasn't allowed to send messages for some reason. I'll just port parts here. It won't be enough to help with the actual translation, so i guess its ok.

I have two classes in my php code. One for Line, and one for Arc.
a line will be presented like this:
object(Line)#1 (5) {
["XEnd"]=> string(5) "402.2"
["YEnd"]=> string(5) "411.2"
["XStart"]=> string(5) "402.2"
["YStart"]=> string(5) "420.8"
["Color"]=> string(3) "red"
}
Then the imageline is: imageline($img, $XStart, $YStart, $XEnd, $YEnd, $color);

And Arc will be presented like this:
object(Arc)#91 (6) {
["XCenter"]=> string(5) "261.8"
["YCenter"]=> string(5) "386.8"
["ArcStart"]=> string(3) "165"
["Radius"]=> string(3) "4.2"
["ArcExtend"]=> string(3) "230"
["Color"]=> string(6) "yellow"
}

then the imagearc is: imagearc($img, $XCenter, $YCenter, $Radius, $Radius, $ArcStart, $ArcExtend, $color);

The imagearc is supposed to be
imagearc ( resource $image , int $cx , int $cy , int $width , int $height , int $start , int $end , int $color )

So i don't really know where to look now... I get the xml reading correct (I checked the values i got against the xml document), but the image is something I can't read. I don't know if it's just me being blind here... the color variable is with a small c, if anyone wants to comment on this. And I know I'm supposed to use lowchar on the first letter of a variable, but it was easier to see this way...

[smithmetal]

PHP imagearc() :
int start : The arc start angle, in degrees.
int end: The arc end angle, in degrees. 0° is located at the three-o'clock position, and the arc is drawn clockwise.
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Also, you may have noticed that the (0,0) couple in this challenge is located in the bottom left corner instead of top left.

p.s. : Radius * 2 = width and height

[ozi1985]

thank you

I knew I was just being stupid...

[h4ck3rz]

Thanks for the hints...
Until this morning(this night in america ), I haven't mentioned that the arc is drawn counter-clockwise in this mission...

[neo_2011]

Hi All, this is my first post in this forum. I am currently trying out the Programming Mission 4. I am using PHP GD to render the image. I am facing the same problem as the poster of this thread. Please see my rendered image at the below link:



The capital letters are some what legible but the small case letters are not legible and in some cases the letter itself is not visible. I know that i am going wrong in the drawing of the arc. Below is my arc code

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imagearc($my_img,$xcenter,$ycenter,($radius+$radius),($radius+$radius),$arcstart,$arcextend,$blue_colour);

I am still not clear with how the degrees should be used. Can anyone please help me to understand where i am going wrong

regards

-- Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:01 pm --
EDIT:
Solved it myself.. actually the comments given by smithmetal itself is sufficient...thnx a lot smithmetal..