PHP script to render a single transparent pixel (PNG or GIF)

Question

I have to create a PHP that will return an image stream of one transparent dot (PNG or GIF)

Could you point me to an easy to use solution?

Answer 1

header('Content-Type: image/gif');
sprintf('%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%', 71, 73, 70, 56, 57, 97, 1, 0, 1, 0, 128, 255, 0, 192, 192, 192, 0, 0, 0, 33, 249, 4, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 44, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 2, 2, 68, 1, 0, 59);