Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites

Analyzing Images

These functions are part of PHP's core and do not require loading an extension.

string gamma_correct_tag(string color, double original, double new)

The gamma_correct_tag function adjusts an HTML color from one gamma to another. Video display hardware is given a gamma rating that describes relatively how bright images appear. Identical images appear lighter on Macintosh hardware than on the typical Wintel clone. The W3C has a nice discussion about color spaces that includes information about gamma values: <http://www.w3.org/Graphics/Color/sRGB.html>.

<?
  //go from Windows gamma to Macintosh gamma
  $color = gamma_correct_tag("#CC0000", 2.2, 1.571);
  
  print("FONT COLOR=\"$color\">");
  print("Sample Text");
  print("/FONT>");
?>

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