SMRTR ProgrammingApr 27, 2026Daily.dev

How to Take a Website Screenshot with PHP

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Taking website screenshots from PHP requires a headless Chrome setup since PHP has no built-in browser engine. This walkthrough covers installing Node.js and Puppeteer, writing a JS screenshot script, and calling it from PHP via shell_exec. It also covers viewport and full-page options, plus a simpler API-based alternative that skips the entire Node/Chromium stack entirely.

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