On 11/21/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a PHP application that accesses data from MySQL. There is table > called "rooms", and table called "beds". There is another table called > "patients". Patients are being placed into beds, and beds are in the > rooms. PHP application currently displays all information in textual mode > via regular HTML tags. But I would like to have that information displayed > in graphical mode instead of textual mode. > > Is there a way to display this information from the database graphically. > Graphic would represent a room, and it would contain beds inside. You > would be able to see visually which beds are occupied and which are free > by looking at the graphics. > > User of the system wants pictures instead of text displayed via HTML > tables as a list of entries. > > Anyone knows anything like this? > Thanks, > Dzenan
PHP has the GD library with a fairly extensive set of functions for creating images <http://us2.php.net/gd>>. You can grab data from MySQL and then use the GD functions to create images dynamically. It can be tedious, as you create the image pixel by pixel, but the results are very good. David
