[mapserver-users] Changing IMAGECOLOR with PHP MapScript

[Jeff McKenna]

"Hankley, Chip" wrote:
> 
> Can someone please show me how to change the background color of my map with
> PHP MapScript.
> 
> This is the basics of what I've tried so far...
> 
> $map = ms_newMapObj("GB01.map");
> 
> $map->set("imagecolor", 0 0 0);
>  -or-
> $map->set("imagecolor", setRGB(0, 0, 0));
> 
> ...neither seem to be working.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Chip Hankley


I think you have to add a colour first before you try to set its
property (see the MapObject Class and its members in
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc/phpmapscript-class-guide.html#MapObj),
such as the following:

$color = $map->addcolor(0,0,0);
$map->set("imagecolor", $color);


Jeff

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Jeff McKenna
GIS Specialist
DM Solutions Group Inc.
http://www.dmsolutions.ca/