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    Sending an email with python

    Looks like the issue with not putting the shebang at the very beginning was the issue. So now I am trying to use subprocess instead of os, but it tells me: 'file' object has no attribute 'communicate'I went to the webpage you gave and tryed to replace the os usage with the subprocess usage...
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    Sending an email with python

    My file sampleemail.txt is in the same folder as the script. The script has permissions 755. Is that not enough? Also I have it set so that python scripts can run in the folder the script is in. I tried putting the try structure in but I get the same thing. This time the error logs show this...
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    how do I get a fixed background?

    The code snippet I found to do this is very similar, but has quotes around the image file. Here is the one I found. <style type="text/css"> body { background-image:url("IMAGEFILE/NameofImage.jpg"); background-repeat:repeat-y; background-position:top center...
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    Sending an email with python

    I thought of that possibility, but my cpanel tells me its what I put. Hence my putting it. I am on the absolut server if that helps. I tried changing it to what you wrote and trying anyway, but only had the same thing happen. Any idea the other script sends the mail, but also gives the error?
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    Sending an email with python

    I am interested in making a cron job that will send email. So to start off with I am making a script to send an email with a python script. I found a couple different ways to do this -- using sendmail and smtplib. I tried using the sendmail method with this script but I do not know where it went...
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    php date comparisons

    Thanks everyone. ^^
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    php date comparisons

    Why is the second one better? Is it faster? So I do a separate date() thing for day, month, year, hour? Thanks for the help. ^^
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    php date comparisons

    I would like to make a script that outputs a different picture based on if the date. If the date is X then I would like to make it one picture. If the date is Y then I would like to make it output a different picture and so on. Also if the date does not match any of the ones I have set then I...
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    Help with outputing a picture and text below it

    When I made other scripts that output an image, I was able to see the image just fine by having the browser goto the script's location. I had no need to make another page to display the image. Regardless, I shall be doing that in the end. So below is the link to a test webpage I made and the...
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    Help with outputing a picture and text below it

    So I am working on a dynamic signature in which I choose a random picture and display it. This I can do, however, I would also like to add some text below the picture with a transparent background that gives credit to the user the made the signature for me. It is the latter part the I am stuck...
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    Help generating a transparent png image using php

    So getting the text done is working just fine except the font does not seem to be read as well I would hope. Well the imagestring font works well until I can find a good font to use. I have another issue now. I have this picture: http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj149/violetvalor/SigPic02.png...
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    Help generating a transparent png image using php

    Fahad, I gave all the info I knew how to get at the time. Sorry I did not know how to get more. According to xPlozion's instructions I get the additional info: I investigate and find that there is no function called imagetruecolor, but instead there is one called imagecreatetruecolor! Thanks...
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    Help generating a transparent png image using php

    Alright. So I tried to incorporate that as best as I could. However, I still get the error that it contains errors so it cannot be displayed. Thanks again. <?php header("Content-type: image/png"); $TEXT = "123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890"; $width = 300; $font =...
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    Help generating a transparent png image using php

    (* '.' *) Thanks for catching that. That fixed it. So I found this other function to place text called imagettftext. However, its makes the same problem. I liked this function since it lets me use a normal font like arial. However, it seems that FreeType library needs to be available to use it...
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    Help generating a transparent png image using php

    I must have messed up somehow since I tried the following code, however, the browser only showed me the message: <?php header("Content-type: image/png"); $text = "Working"; $image = imagecreatetruecolor(400,75); $bg_color = imagecolorallocatealpha($image, 0, 0, 0, 127); $fg_color =...
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    Help generating a transparent png image using php

    So I am trying to use a php code to make a png image that has a transparent background with a sentence written on it. So far I have a transparent png image of the size I want and the code below. The only problem I have is that the background color comes out as black and not transparent. I am...
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    PHP GD Functions

    Hi there. I would like to know if the GD functions are available for use with PHP. I am told they can get gotten here: http://us2.php.net/gd . I would like these so I can make the php scipt render itself as an image. Thank you.
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