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Asked: 2026-06-09T19:34:41+00:00

i am using following code to draw canvas and save it as png image

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i am using following code to draw canvas and save it as png image using toDataUrl.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  <head>
    <style>
      body {
        margin: 0px;
        padding: 0px;
      }
      #myCanvas {
        border: 1px solid #9C9898;
      }
    </style>
    <script>
      function loadImages(sources, callback) {
        var images = {};
        var loadedImages = 0;
        var numImages = 0;
        // get num of sources
        for(var src in sources) {
          numImages++;
        }
        for(var src in sources) {
          images[src] = new Image();
          images[src].onload = function() {
            if(++loadedImages >= numImages) {
              callback(images);
            }
          };
          images[src].src = sources[src];
        }
      }

      window.onload = function(images) {
        var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
        var context = canvas.getContext("2d");

        var sources = {
          darthVader: "http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/228564_449431448422343_1996991887_n.jpg",
          yoda: "http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/427489_449423165089838_503188418_n.jpg"
        };

        loadImages(sources, function(images) {
          context.drawImage(images.darthVader, 250, 30, 250, 250);
          context.drawImage(images.yoda, 530, 30, 250, 250);
        });


// save canvas image as data url (png format by default)
        var dataURL = canvas.toDataURL();

        // set canvasImg image src to dataURL
        // so it can be saved as an image
        document.getElementById("canvasImg").src = dataURL;
};


    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <canvas id="myCanvas" width="850" height="315"></canvas>
<img id="canvasImg" alt="Right click to save me!">
  </body>
</html>

But my png image is shown as blank image. i see only a blank white image.
i searched for this but found nothing on this.
i am using php and chrome browser.
what is wrong here?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You are first calling loadImages, then getting the data URL right after that loadImages call. However, as your loadImages implementation shows, calling it merely starts the loading process; the callback is called when all images have been loaded, which is some time in the future.

    Currently you’re getting a blank image because the images have not been loaded yet, so your callback is not called yet, and as a result your canvas is still empty.

    In short, everything that relies on the images having being loaded (e.g. your expected toDataURL result) should be executed when those images are actually loaded – thus in the callback.

    loadImages(sources, function(images) {
  context.drawImage(images.darthVader, 250, 30, 250, 250);
  context.drawImage(images.yoda, 530, 30, 250, 250);

  var dataURL = canvas.toDataURL();
  document.getElementById("canvasImg").src = dataURL;
});
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