Adding Dynamic Lines with PHPMapScript

Here we have another sample code to illustrate the usage of PHPMapScript. It allows an user to draw a line on the fly. Each time the user clicks on the image it is added that point to a line, then the line is drawn on the map.

Basically, the tasks this script does are:

1. Create the map
2. Create a line
3. Add last point to the line
4. Create the shape
5. Add the line to the shape
6. Add the shape to the layer
7. Draw the map

This is the layer "lines" used in the code:

  LAYER
    GROUP "user"
    NAME "lines"
    TYPE line
    STATUS on
   CLASS
       NAME "0"
       TEMPLATE "ttt_query.html"
       STYLE
         COLOR 255 0 0 # red
       END #style
   END #class
  END #layer

PHP code

The file is called query3.php

<?php

dl('php_mapscript.so');
//dl('php_mapscript_42.dll'); //For WinDoS Users

//Convert pixels to map units got from PHPMapscriptSnippet1
function click2map ($click_x, $click_y) {
    global $map;
    $e= &$map->extent; //Tip for saving type time
    $x_pct = ($click_x / $map->width);
    $y_pct = 1 - ($click_y / $map->height);
    $x_map = $e->minx + ( ($e->maxx - $e->minx) * $x_pct);
    $y_map = $e->miny + ( ($e->maxy - $e->miny) * $y_pct);

    return array($x_map, $y_map);
}


// --------------- MAIN -----------------------

$map= ms_newMapObj('data/test2.map');

//Avoid register global=Off (that way it is not neccesary use $_POST[])
import_request_variables("gP", "");

if (isset($image_x) && isset($image_y)){
    //Convert pixels to map units
    $map_pt = click2map($image_x,$image_y);

    //Construct the line
    $line = ms_newLineObj();
    $line->addXY($map_pt[0],$map_pt[1]);
    if (is_array($prev_x)) { //Add points of the hidden input fields
        foreach ($prev_x as $i => $x){
            $line->addXY($x, $prev_y[$i]);
        }
    }
    //Create the shape object that will be added to the layer
    $shp = ms_newShapeObj(MS_SHAPE_LINE);
    $shp-> add($line);

    $layer = $map->getLayerByName('lines');
    $layer->addFeature($shp);
}
//Draw the map
$img = $map->draw();
$url = $img->saveWebImage();

//Now add hidden fields to the form
for($i=0;$i<$line->numpoints;$i++) {
    $pt = $line->point($i);
    $x = $pt->x;
    $y = $pt->y;
    $HTML_HIDDEN.="<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"prev_x[$i]\" value=\"$x\"/>";
    $HTML_HIDDEN.="<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"prev_y[$i]\" value=\"$y\"/>";
}
?>

< html>< head>< title>Yapig</ title></ head>
<!--remove white spaces of the HTML tags -->
< body>
<form method="post" action="query3.php" >
   <input style="border:thin solid black;"type="image" name="image" src="<?php echo $url ?>" />
     <?php echo $HTML_HIDDEN ?>
</form>
<a href="query3.php">Clear</a>
 </ body>
</ html>

-- Merlos

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