<?
//FUNCTION TO COUNT CHARACTERS IN A STRING (STRING, 0 TO HIGHEST NUMBER)
function truncate($string, $min, $max)
{
//COUNT THE CHARACTERS
$num_char=strlen($string); 
//IF IT IS LESS THAN HIGHEST NUMBER NEEDED FOR ASCII ROW
if ($num_char <= $max){
//REPEAT THE STRING 21 TIMES 
//(i.e. a 3 letter word is now 63 characters long 3x21=63)
$newstring=str_repeat($string,21);
//NOW COUNT THE CHARACTERS IN THE NEWSTRING
$num_char=strlen($newstring);
//RENAME THE STRING AND USE IT INSTEAD OF ORIGINAL STRING
$cutstring=substr($newstring, $min, $max);
}
//ELSEIF STRING WAS GREATER THAN THE MAX NEEDED FOR ASCII ROW
elseif ($num_char >= $max){
//CUT THE STRING TO THE MAXIMUM NUMBER NEEDED
$cutstring=substr($string, $min, $max);
}
//RETURN THE STRING WITH NEW NAME (EITHER SHORTER OR LONGER)
return $cutstring;
}
function backgr($back, $min, $max)
{
$num_char=strlen($back); 
if ($num_char <= $max){
$newback=str_repeat($back,21);
$num_char=strlen($newback);
$cutback=substr($newback, $min, $max);
}
elseif ($num_char >= $max){
$cutback=substr($back, $min, $max);
}
return $cutback;
}

//CALL THE FUNCTION FOR EACH LINE OF THE ASCII ART
//ENTER YOUR STRING AND THE HTML PRE TAG, CAN USE SPACES
$string="LINDA";
$back="LINGO";
$BACK0="\n";
$BACK1=backgr($back, 0,6) . "    " . backgr($back, 0,7) . "    " . backgr($back, 0,7) . "\n";
$BACK2=backgr($back, 0,4) . "        " . backgr($back, 0,3) . "        " . backgr($back, 0,5) . "\n";
$BACK3=backgr($back, 0,3) . "          " . backgr($back, 0,2) . "          " . backgr($back, 0,3) . "\n";
$BACK4=backgr($back, 0,2) . "    " . backgr($back, 0,1) . "           " . backgr($back, 0,3) . "    " . backgr($back, 0,3) . "\n";
$BACK5=backgr($back, 0,2) . "      " . backgr($back, 0,1) . "           " . backgr($back, 0,4) . "  " . backgr($back, 0,2) . "\n";
$BACK6=backgr($back, 0,2) . "    " . backgr($back, 0,1) . "             " . backgr($back, 0,2) . "  " . backgr($back, 0,4) . "\n";
$BACK7=backgr($back, 0,3) . "                " . backgr($back, 0,2) . "  " . backgr($back, 0,5) . "\n";
$BACK8=backgr($back, 0,5) . "             " . backgr($back, 0,1) . "   " . backgr($back, 0,6) . "\n";
$BACK9=backgr($back, 0,7) . "             " . backgr($back, 0,8) . "\n";
$BACK10=backgr($back, 0,9) . "         " . backgr($back, 0,10) . "\n";
$BACK11=backgr($back, 0,11) . "     " . backgr($back, 0,12) . "\n";
$BACK12=backgr($back, 0,13) . " " . backgr($back, 0,14) . "\n";

$STRING0="\n";
$STRING1="      " . truncate($string, 0,4) . "       " . truncate($string, 0,4) . "\n";
$STRING2="    " . truncate($string, 0,8) . "   " . truncate($string, 0,8) . "\n";
$STRING3="   " . truncate($string, 0,10) . " " . truncate($string, 0,10) . "\n";
$STRING4="  " . truncate($string, 0,4) . " " . truncate($string, 0,11) . "   " . truncate($string, 0,4) . "\n";
$STRING5="  " . truncate($string, 0,6) . " " . truncate($string, 0,11) . "    " . truncate($string, 0,2) . "\n";
$STRING6="  " . truncate($string, 0,4) . " " . truncate($string, 0,13) . "  " . truncate($string, 0,2) . "\n";
$STRING7="   " . truncate($string, 0,16) . "  " . truncate($string, 0,2) . "\n";
$STRING8="     " . truncate($string, 0,13) . " " . truncate($string, 0,3) . "\n";
$STRING9="       " . truncate($string, 0,13) .  "\n";
$STRING10="         " . truncate($string, 0,9) . "\n";
$STRING11="           " . truncate($string, 0,5) . "\n";
$STRING12="             " . truncate($string, 0,1) . "\n";
exec("/usr/bin/convert -size 580x500 xc:none -tile gradient:white-bisque -font courier-new-bold -pointsize 14 -annotate +0+30 '$BACK0 $BACK1 $BACK2 $BACK3 $BACK4 $BACK5 $BACK6 $BACK7 $BACK8 $BACK9 $BACK10 $BACK11 $BACK12' -tile gradient:tomato-darkorange -font courier-new-bold -pointsize 14 -annotate +0+30 '$STRING0 $STRING1 $STRING2 $STRING3 $STRING4 $STRING5 $STRING6 $STRING7 $STRING8 $STRING9 $STRING10 $STRING11 $STRING12' -trim +repage -bordercolor none -border 1 temp/asciiHrt.gif");
//DELETE FROM HERE FOR TRANSPARENT BACK
exec("/usr/bin/convert -size 230x202 gradient:lightpink-darkviolet temp/gradient.gif");
exec("/usr/bin/composite -compose over -geometry +3+0 -gravity northwest  temp/asciiHrt.gif temp/gradient.gif temp/asciiBack.gif");
//PRINT CHANGE FILENAME TO temp/asciiHrt.gif for transparent
print "<a href=temp/asciiBack.gif><img src=temp/asciiBack.gif></a>";

?>