GIF Timer

Create GIF countdown timer image. Purpose of this file is to create a GIF animation to show countdown timer based on parameters.

Usage

Use composer install to install the dependancies. Then you can create the image like this:

use GifTimer\GifTimer;
$uptime = strtotime("+15 minutes");
$gt = new GifTimer($uptime);
$image  = $gt->get();

You can then output the file to browser:

header('Content-type: image/gif');
header('Content-Disposition: filename="timer.gif"');
echo $image;
unset($image);
exit;

Or write the file into file system.

file_put_contents('/timer.gif', $image);

Demo

ashiqur.com

Parameters

• $end_time
  • int time in second defines the destination time.
• $start_time
  • (optional) int time in second from which the counter starts.
  • default: time()
• $step
  • (optional) int number of seconds for each step of timer.
  • default: 1
• $width
  • (optional) int width of the gif image.
  • default: 400
• $height
  • (optional) int height of the gif image.
  • default: 80
• $font_size
  • (optional) int default font size.
  • default: 20
• $font
  • (optional) string path to the font.
  • default: /font/OpenSans-Light.ttf
• $bg_color
  • (optional) string background color in hex.
  • default: 3D3D3D
• $last_bg_color
  • (optional) string defines a color for the last frame in hex.
  • default: 3D3D3D
• $color
  • (optional) string text color in hex.
  • default: FFFFFF

Dependancy

GIF Creator from Sybio