---
canonical: 'https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/dog-rates-social-card/php'
title: 'Dog rates social card | Example - PHP (cURL)'
description: 'Simple social card example showing highlighted yellow text'
---

# Dog rates social card

Simple social card example showing highlighted yellow text

Simple social card example showing highlighted yellow text + an image. You can customize the colors, images and tagline for use in your own social cards. Looks great for grabbing attention on Twitter and Facebook posts.

This is a working HTML/CSS to Image API example that produces an image.
The rendered output, source, and non-content request parameters below show the parts needed to reproduce or adapt it.

## Rendered image and interactive editor

- [Open the rendered image](<https://hcti.io/v1/image/751e41a5-edd3-4ec5-a383-ac357c22edc6>)
- [Open the interactive example](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/dog-rates-social-card/php)

## HTML

```html
<div class="p-4 text-center mt-4" style="width: 500px">
  <span class="tweet-text mb-4">
    This is Little Bear. He tolerates baths because he knows how phenomenal his
    floof will appear afterwards. 13/10
  </span>
  <div class="mt-2 p-4">
    <img src="https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/assets/images/dog.jpg" class="rounded-circle shadow border mt-4" width="100px">
  </div>
  <h4 class="mt-2">
    WeRateDogs
  </h4>
  <span class="text-muted">@dog_rates</span>
</div>

<!-- Include external CSS, JavaScript or Fonts! -->
<link href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-9aIt2nRpC12Uk9gS9baDl411NQApFmC26EwAOH8WgZl5MYYxFfc+NcPb1dKGj7Sk" crossorigin="anonymous">

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:wght@700" rel="stylesheet">
```

## CSS

```css
.tweet-text {
  background-color: #fff2ac;
  background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #ffe359 0%, #fff2ac 100%);
  font-weight: bolder;
  font-size: 32px;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  padding: 4px;
}
```

## Request parameters

These are the additional non-content parameters used by the example. Combine them with the HTML and CSS above when constructing an API request.

```json
{
  "google_fonts": ""
}
```

## Complete PHP request (cURL)

This is the complete PHP request for this example using cURL. It includes the HTML, CSS, authentication setup, API options, and response handling needed to reproduce the output.

```php
<?php

$request = [
    "html" => <<<'HCTI_HTML'
        <div class="p-4 text-center mt-4" style="width: 500px">
          <span class="tweet-text mb-4">
            This is Little Bear. He tolerates baths because he knows how phenomenal his
            floof will appear afterwards. 13/10
          </span>
          <div class="mt-2 p-4">
            <img src="https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/assets/images/dog.jpg" class="rounded-circle shadow border mt-4" width="100px">
          </div>
          <h4 class="mt-2">
            WeRateDogs
          </h4>
          <span class="text-muted">@dog_rates</span>
        </div>
        
        <!-- Include external CSS, JavaScript or Fonts! -->
        <link href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-9aIt2nRpC12Uk9gS9baDl411NQApFmC26EwAOH8WgZl5MYYxFfc+NcPb1dKGj7Sk" crossorigin="anonymous">
        
        <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:wght@700" rel="stylesheet">
        HCTI_HTML,
    "css" => <<<'HCTI_CSS'
        .tweet-text {
          background-color: #fff2ac;
          background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #ffe359 0%, #fff2ac 100%);
          font-weight: bolder;
          font-size: 32px;
          font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
          padding: 4px;
        }
        HCTI_CSS,
];

$curl = curl_init("https://hcti.io/v1/image");
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_USERPWD => sprintf("%s:%s", getenv("HCTI_API_ID"), getenv("HCTI_API_KEY")),
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Content-Type: application/json"],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode($request, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR),
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException(curl_error($curl));
}
$status = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
curl_close($curl);
if ($status >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException(sprintf("HCTI request failed (%d): %s", $status, $response));
}

$result = json_decode($response, true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
printf("%s\n", $result["url"]);

```

## Other languages and request formats

Open one of these Markdown pages to view the same example as a complete request in another language or client format.

- **TypeScript**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/dog-rates-social-card/typescript-client.md)
  - [fetch](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/dog-rates-social-card/typescript.md)
- **C#**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/dog-rates-social-card/csharp-client.md)
  - [HttpClient](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/dog-rates-social-card/csharp.md)
- **Python**
  - [requests](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/dog-rates-social-card/python.md)
- **PHP**
  - [cURL](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/dog-rates-social-card/php.md) — shown above
- **Ruby**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/dog-rates-social-card/ruby-client.md)
  - [Net::HTTP](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/dog-rates-social-card/ruby.md)
- **Go**
  - [net/http](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/dog-rates-social-card/golang.md)
- **cURL**
  - [cURL](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/dog-rates-social-card/curl.md)

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- [PNG with transparent background](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/png-transparent-background.md): Generate images with a transparent backgound
- [Large text on an SVG background](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/large-text-svg-background.md): Grab attention with large text on a classic background.
- [Twitter Tweet Screenshot](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/twitter-tweet-screenshot.md): Screenshot of a tweet
- [QR Code Badge](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/qr-code-badge.md): Simple, artistic badge with a QR code.

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