<?php
//this needs to reside in its own php page
//you can include that php page in your html as you would an image:
//<IMG SRC="ratingpng.php?rating=25.2" border="0">

function drawRating($rating)
{
	$imgwidth = 102;
	$imgheight= 10;

	$image	= imagecreate ($imgwidth,$imgheight);

	$back	= ImageColorAllocate ($image,255,255,255);
	$border = ImageColorAllocate ($image,0,0,0);
	$red	= ImageColorAllocate ($image,255,60,75);
	//$fill	= ImageColorAllocate ($image,44,81,150);
	$fill	= ImageColorAllocate ($image,167,216,152);

	ImageFilledRectangle ($image,0,0,101,9,$back);
	ImageFilledRectangle ($image,1,1,$rating,9,$fill);

	ImageRectangle ($image,0,0,101,9,$border);

	imagePNG ($image);
	imagedestroy ($image);
}

Header("Content-type: image/png");
drawRating($_REQUEST['rating']);

?>