Title: php integration
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# php integration

 *  [virtuedesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtuedesign/)
 * (@virtuedesign)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-integration/)
 * I was recently approached by a client that wants to integrate a custom php based
   design tool in their word press website. Here is the link to the example they
   gave me.
 * [http://www.greatlettering.com/designlettering.aspx](http://www.greatlettering.com/designlettering.aspx)
 * Any ideas if this can be accomplished by a plugin?
 * All ideas will be welcome

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 *  [flamenco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flamenco/)
 * (@flamenco)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-integration/#post-1665396)
 * Hi,
    That sounds like trouble to me. It’s probably going to be one of those deals
   where the client thinks they’re going to have all kinds of oh, so cute fonts,
   preferably gigantic, all over their site. Of course they don’t know that getting
   zillions of random fonts isn’t browser-friendly at all.
 * Even if you could get something like that working, using tons of programming 
   skill, I foresee the whining that will begin when they suddenly find that their
   site looks terrible, and want you to rescue them, over and over. A normal client
   WYSIWYG nightmare, which I’ve seen time and time again. 🙂
 * If they want crazy fonts, then using embedded fonts and CSS you could get them
   some of that, and control it so the site might actually look decent, and you 
   can charge extra for it!
 * On the other hand, maybe they just want some crazy font big logos. They can simply
   use the free logo generators all over the place, save the logo, and stick it 
   on the site. No WP integration needed.
 * I’ll light some candles for you!
    Dave
 *  [Xephan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xephan/)
 * (@xephan)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-integration/#post-1665449)
 * if it can be done in .NET/.ASP, it probably could be done in PHP. The question
   is what exactly is wanted? A copy of that lettering/signage creation tool in 
   PHP?
 *  Thread Starter [virtuedesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtuedesign/)
 * (@virtuedesign)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-integration/#post-1665486)
 * What is wanted is copy of that lettering creation tool to be integrated into 
   their wordpress site. I just assumed with that being the request id have to go
   the route of PHP
 *  [Xephan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xephan/)
 * (@xephan)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-integration/#post-1665504)
 * Without actually coding it, I’ll say you’ll probably need to use the GD functions
   like imagettftext and Better FreeType2 for effects like italics.
 * You already have hardest part, IMO the interface, designed for you so that isn’t
   the hard part. The part you’ll need to figure out is how the backend generates
   the letterings on the fly.
 * Not sure if you even need to put the code in a plugin. It might be simpler to
   code it in a page and use that as a template specifically for this function.

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