NAME

Test::Image::GD - A module for testing images using GD

SYNOPSIS

  use Test::More plan => 1;
  use Test::Image::GD;
  
  cmp_image('test.gif', 'control.gif', '... these images should match');
  
  # or 
  
  my $test = GD::Image->new('test.gif');
  my $control = GD::Image->new('control.gif');
  cmp_image($test, $control, '... these images should match');
  
  # some other test functions ...
  
  size_ok('camel.gif', [ 100, 350 ], '... the image is 100 x 350");
  
  height_ok('test.gif', 200, '... the image has a height of 200');
  width_ok('test.gif', 200, '... the image has a width of 200');  

DESCRIPTION

This module is meant to be used for testing custom graphics, it attempts to "visually" compare the images, this means it ignores invisible differences like color palettes and metadata. It also provides some extra functions to check the size of the image.

FUNCTIONS

cmp_image ($got, $expected, $message)

This function will tell you whether the two images will look different, ignoring differences in the order of colors in the color palette and other invisible changes.

Both $got and $expected can be either instances of GD::Image or either a file handle or a file path (both are valid parameters to the GD::Image constructor).

size_ok ($got, [ $width, $height ], ?$message)

This function will check if an image is a certain size.

As with the cmp_image function, the $got parameter can be either an instance of GD::Image or a file handle or a file path (all are valid parameters to the GD::Image constructor).

height_ok ($got, $height, ?$message)

This function will check if an image is a certain height.

As with the cmp_image function, the $got parameter can be either an instance of GD::Image or a file handle or a file path (all are valid parameters to the GD::Image constructor).

width_ok ($got, $width, ?$message)

This function will check if an image is a certain width.

As with the cmp_image function, the $got parameter can be either an instance of GD::Image or a file handle or a file path (all are valid parameters to the GD::Image constructor).

TO DO

Add more functions

This module currently serves a very basic need of mine, however, I am sure as I start writing more tests against images I will find a need for other testing functions. Any suggestions are welcome.

BUGS

None that I am aware of. Of course, if you find a bug, let me know, and I will be sure to fix it.

CODE COVERAGE

I use Devel::Cover to test the code coverage of my tests, below is the Devel::Cover report on this module test suite.

 ---------------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
 File                           stmt   bran   cond    sub    pod   time  total
 ---------------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
 Test/Image/GD.pm              100.0   91.7   63.6  100.0  100.0  100.0   93.7
 ---------------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 
 Total                         100.0   91.7   63.6  100.0  100.0  100.0   93.7
 ---------------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------

SEE ALSO

The compare function of GD::Image class, that is how this cmp_image is implemented.

AUTHOR

Stevan Little, <stevan@iinteractive.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2005 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

http://www.iinteractive.com

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.