Bitwise Data Vizualization in PHP

bin2img.php

<?php
	// Data Vizualization in PHP

	// This file will render a 1024x1024 PNG using the raw binary data from a file.
	// 1's will be black, 0's will be white.

	/*
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	$width = 1024;
	$height = 1024;
	$filename = 'data.bin';

	$pixels = $width * $height;

	$image = imagecreate( $height, $width );

	$white = imagecolorallocate( $image, 255, 255, 255 );
	$black = imagecolorallocate( $image, 0, 0, 0 );

	imagefill( $image, 0, 0, $white );

	$fh = fopen( $filename, 'rb' );
	if( ! $fh )
		die( 'Could not open file handle.' );

	$x = 0;
	$y = 0;
	$abort = false;
	while( ! $abort && ! feof( $fh ) ) {

		$byte = fread( $fh, 1 );
		// PHP makes us juggle the binary data a bit...
		$numbers = @unpack( "c", $byte );
		$byte = $numbers[1];

		for( $i = 7; $i >= 0; --$i ) {

			$bit = ( ( $byte >> $i ) & 1 );

			if( $bit == 1 )
				imagesetpixel( $image, $x, $y, $black );

			++$x;

			if( $x >= $width ) {
				++$y;
				$x = 0;
			}

			if( $y >= $height ) {
				$abort = true;
				break;
			}

		}
	}

	fclose( $fh );

	header( 'Content-type: image/png' );
	imagepng ( $image );
	imagedestroy( $image );