What are the recommended methods for embedding and updating PHP-generated images in a web page?

When embedding PHP-generated images in a web page, it is recommended to use the `header()` function to set the content type to image before outputting the image data. This ensures that the browser interprets the response as an image. To update the image dynamically, you can pass parameters in the URL to generate different variations of the image. 

<?php
// Set content type to image
header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');

// Generate image dynamically
$width = isset($_GET['width']) ? $_GET['width'] : 200;
$height = isset($_GET['height']) ? $_GET['height'] : 200;

$image = imagecreate($width, $height);
$bg_color = imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 255, 255);
$text_color = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 0);
imagestring($image, 5, 50, 50, 'Dynamic Image', $text_color);

// Output image
imagejpeg($image);
imagedestroy($image);
?>

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PHP image embedding image updating web page GD library

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