Make page snapshot using PHP

[scofield]

Hi, I need a PHP script that can make web page snapshot and save it on the server, user don’t need do anything, just click on link.

[clokey2k]

I looked into this a while back, you need to render the page somewhere and grab that image – EASY!!

Or so I thought. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/757675/website-screenshots-using-php/

Some good resources within that, but I ‘gave up’ on the idea as it would require too many resources. I used the favicon of the site instead to ‘tie-in’ the link.

[wolfcry911]

you want to take a snapshot of a page that the server serves?

[clokey2k]

I made an assumption that the screenshot is not of a site on the same server – like Googles search results now provide a screenshot. You know what they say about assumptions :-)

[Barspin]

The best way to do it, is to use the client to do it for you with javascript and canavas.

Here is a good script: html2canvas

[scofield]

Ok, thanks

[MikeWay]

I found this place after A LOT of googling. You can use a really simple API to auto-generate screenshots and save them down.

As an example, i just lifted this from the API page…

<img src="http://serv.mpzimg.com/?uid=APIKEY&mw=200&mh=350&theURL=http://news.bbc.co.uk">

Hope that helps.

[Maximus]

There are many free services out there that provide the ability to take website screenshots.

One of the best I have found is GrabzIt.

They have a free PHP API, to take a screenshot you just need to do something like:

include("GrabzItClient.class.php");
$grabzIt = new GrabzItClient("APPLICATION KEY", "APPLICATION SECRET");
$grabzIt->SetImageOptions("http://www.google.com"); 
$grabzIt->SaveTo("test.jpg");

[vizd]

http://thumboo.com also offers free thumbnails, and even pdf.. check them out!

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