Create Picture IDs with Name Tags Using PHP

To develop and use this application, you will need to have the following:

An ID image template - This will contain a company logo and the text input fields.  See sample screen shot below:

The picture of the person can be inserted/merged into the spacious area at the right of the image ID template.

To create this template, you can use MS Powerpoint or any image editor, such as in this example: http://www.php-developer.org/wp-content/uploads/tutorials/idtemplate.ppt

You'll need to take a screen shot and crop/cut it to the following specifications:

• Pixel dimensions: 1015 x 642 pixels
  
• Print size: 85.94 x 54.36 millimeters
  
• Resolution: 300 x 300 ppi
  
• Color Space: RGB Color
  
• File type: PNG
  
• Filename: idtemplate.png

ID Picture of the person - You can use a colored ID picture. The specifications are as follows:

• Pixel dimensions: 260 x 300 pixels
  
• Print size: 22.01 x 25.40 millimeters
  
• Resolution: 300 x 300 ppi
  
• Color Space: RGB Color
  
• Filename: personid.png

Font type file for the text - This should be a .TTF file. There are lots of websites that allow you to download fonts, such as http://www.webpagepublicity.com/free-fonts.html

You need to create a folder named "opensourceidcreator" and place the following files inside this folder:

a. font file example ambient.ttf

b. idtemplate.png

c. personid.png

d. index.php (a blank .php file to be edited and discussed in the next section)