= 48) && ($ord <= 57)) || (($ord >= 65) && ($ord <= 90))) $str.=chr($ord); //If the number is not good we generate another one else $str.=random_string(1); } return $str; } //create the random string using the upper function (if you want more than 5 characters just modify the parameter) $rand_str=random_string(5); //We memorize the md5 sum of the string into a session variable $_SESSION['image_value'] = md5($rand_str); //Get each letter in one valiable, we will format all letters different $letter1=substr($rand_str,0,1); $letter2=substr($rand_str,1,1); $letter3=substr($rand_str,2,1); $letter4=substr($rand_str,3,1); $letter5=substr($rand_str,4,1); //Creates an image from a png file. If you want to use gif or jpg images, just use the coresponding functions: imagecreatefromjpeg and imagecreatefromgif. $image=imagecreatefrompng("images/noise.png"); //Get a random angle for each letter to be rotated with. $angle1 = rand(-20, 20); $angle2 = rand(-20, 20); $angle3 = rand(-20, 20); $angle4 = rand(-20, 20); $angle5 = rand(-20, 20); //Get a random font. (In this examples, the fonts are located in "fonts" directory and named from 1.ttf to 10.ttf) $font1 = "fonts/".rand(1, 10).".ttf"; $font2 = "fonts/".rand(1, 10).".ttf"; $font3 = "fonts/".rand(1, 10).".ttf"; $font4 = "fonts/".rand(1, 10).".ttf"; $font5 = "fonts/".rand(1, 10).".ttf"; //Define a table with colors (the values are the RGB components for each color). $colors[0]=array(122,229,112); $colors[1]=array(85,178,85); $colors[2]=array(226,108,97); $colors[3]=array(141,214,210); $colors[4]=array(214,141,205); $colors[5]=array(100,138,204); //Get a random color for each letter. $color1=rand(0, 5); $color2=rand(0, 5); $color3=rand(0, 5); $color4=rand(0, 5); $color5=rand(0, 5); //Allocate colors for letters. $textColor1 = imagecolorallocate ($image, $colors[$color1][0],$colors[$color1][1], $colors[$color1][2]); $textColor2 = imagecolorallocate ($image, $colors[$color2][0],$colors[$color2][1], $colors[$color2][2]); $textColor3 = imagecolorallocate ($image, $colors[$color3][0],$colors[$color3][1], $colors[$color3][2]); $textColor4 = imagecolorallocate ($image, $colors[$color4][0],$colors[$color4][1], $colors[$color4][2]); $textColor4 = imagecolorallocate ($image, $colors[$color5][0],$colors[$color5][1], $colors[$color5][2]); //Write text to the image using TrueType fonts. $size = 20; imagettftext($image, $size, $angle1, 10, $size+15, $textColor1, $font1, $letter1); imagettftext($image, $size, $angle2, 35, $size+15, $textColor2, $font2, $letter2); imagettftext($image, $size, $angle3, 60, $size+15, $textColor3, $font3, $letter3); imagettftext($image, $size, $angle4, 85, $size+15, $textColor4, $font4, $letter4); imagettftext($image, $size, $angle5, 110, $size+15, $textColor5, $font5, $letter5); header('Content-type: image/jpeg'); //Output image to browser imagejpeg($image); //Destroys the image imagedestroy($image); ?>