Combine 2-3 transparent PNG images on top of each other with PHP

Question

I am working on a custom avatar system for a project, but I have never really done much with the image side of PHP. I assume I need to use GD in some way, but I have no ide

Answer 1

This helped me create a PNG image from 3 other PNG files to create a watermarked image with a background. Hope it helps someone else.

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$bgFile = __DIR__ . "/background-layer-1.png"; // 93 x 93

$imageFile = __DIR__ . "/icon-layer-2.png"; // 76 x 76

$watermarkFile = __DIR__ . "/stars-layer-3.png"; // 133 x 133 (Is white stars)

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Outputs: