# Php generated png transparency! Please help **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 5, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-generated-png-transparency-please-help/184489 "2006-04-05T13:39:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sed\_thh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@sed\_thh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sed_thh)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-generated-png-transparency-please-help/184489/1 "2006-04-05T13:39:09Z")
Hi! How do I use transparency for images generated with php? If I generate a png there is no transparency (using imagecopymerge some transparent parts are included in the picture as background): only black pixels are shown instead can someone tell me what to change in my script? thx in advance ---
**Author:** ![Ankou](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ankou/32/1351_2.png) [@Ankou](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ankou)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-generated-png-transparency-please-help/184489/2 "2006-04-05T19:38:25Z")
> [@sed|thh](#): > > can someone tell me what to change in my script? thx in advance Not without seeing your codeā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![sed\_thh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@sed\_thh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sed_thh)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-generated-png-transparency-please-help/184489/3 "2006-04-05T19:43:45Z")
already figured out myself, but thx I used gif instead šŸ˜ƒ put a transparent empty gif as background and attached the other parts of the image to it ---
**Author:** ![hl1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/hl1/32/849_2.png) [@hl1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hl1)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-generated-png-transparency-please-help/184489/4 "2006-04-05T19:49:06Z")
or a transparent imagerectangleā€¦