How can I add an image onto an image in PHP like a watermark

Question

I am trying to write a small php function to take an image and apply a watermark type image on top of the image and them save them as 1 image, this code runs with 0 errors but does not apply the watermark image, is there anything obvious that stants out on why it won't?

<?PHP
$source_file_path ='http://cache2.mycrib.net/images/image_group92/0/43/653807d5727a46498180e8ef57fdf7819b2b0c.jpg';
$watermark_image='fpwatermark.gif'; // the watermark image
$destination_image ='coooolgif.gif'; // where to save new file

$imagesize = getimagesize($destination_image);
$watermarksize = getimagesize($watermark_image);
$watermark_x = $imagesize[0] - $watermarksize[0] - 2;
$watermark_y = $imagesize[1] - $watermarksize[1] - 2;

//run function
watermark_img($watermark_image, $destination_image, $watermark_x, $watermark_y, $watermark_w, $watermarksize[0], $watermarksize[1], $source_file_path);


function watermark_img($watermark_src, $image_src, $watermark_x, $watermark_y, $watermark_w,$watermark_h, $source_file_path) {
    //Determine what type of image we're working with
    list($width, $height, $type) = getimagesize($image_src);
    $image_ext = $type;
    switch (strtolower($image_ext)) {
      #gif
     case 1:
      $image = imagecreatefromgif($image_src);
      break;
      #jpg
     case 2:
      $image = imagecreatefromjpeg($image_src);
      imageAlphaBlending($image, true);
      break;
      #png
     case 3:
      $image = imagecreatefrompng($image_src);
      imageAlphaBlending($image, true);
      break;
     default:
      return false;
    }
    //Create an instance of the watermark in memory
    if (!($watermark = imagecreatefromgif($watermark_src)))
     return false; //Make sure your Watermark is a GIF
    //Add watermark to the image
    if (!(imagecopy($image, $watermark, $watermark_x, $watermark_y, 0, 0, $watermark_w,
     $watermark_h)))
     return false;
    //Resave the image with the watermark now in place
    if (!(imagejpeg($image, $image_src)))
     return false;
    //Destroy instaces of images to free up RAM
    imagedestroy($image);
    imagedestroy($watermark);
    //Apparently everything went well.
    return $image_ext;
}
?>

Answer 1

Here's a tutorial on how to make it from a watermark using a transparent PNG image: http://www.sitepoint.com/article/watermark-images-php/

I've used that before and it works. The issue with the code you have is probably that you're trying to generate a jpeg, but the file extension is a gif, so it's not rendering correctly. Could be be wrong though.

If it's just not saving out a final image, then that's just a permissions problem with the folder. In which case, you most likely have to set the folder to 777 via chmod.

Answer 2

I think you need to change this (here is a simple tutorial http://www.cafewebmaster.com/image-watermark-php):

//Add watermark to the image
if (!(imagecopy($image, $watermark, $watermark_x, $watermark_y, 0, 0, $watermark_w,
    $watermark_h)))

with:

//Add watermark to the image
if (!(imagecopymerge($image, $watermark, $watermark_x, $watermark_y, 0, 0, $watermark_w,
    $watermark_h, 100)))

or use wideImage ;)