If you want to create a dynamic thermometer for your webpage PHP has some capability to create and modify images.
The script below can be called with http://domotica.ronnkvist.nu/temperature-scripts/termometer.php?temp=22 to create an image like this:
<?php
// Should be in even 5's (20, 25, 30 and so on)
$maxTemp = 30;
$minTemp = -30;
// Where should the bar be placed?
$barStart = 8;
$maxHeight = 172;
$totalBarHeight = 164;
// Colors and what background to use
$tmpImg = @imagecreatefrompng("termometer.png");
$colBar = imagecolorallocate($tmpImg, 208, 33, 33);
$colBlack = imagecolorallocate($tmpImg, 0, 0, 0);
// Temperature-lines
imageline($tmpImg, 1, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 0), 22, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 0), $colBlack);
imageline($tmpImg, 1, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 1), 22, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 1), $colBlack);
imageline($tmpImg, 1, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 2), 22, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 2), $colBlack);
imageline($tmpImg, 1, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 3), 22, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 3), $colBlack);
imageline($tmpImg, 1, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 4), 22, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 4), $colBlack);
imageline($tmpImg, 1, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 5), 22, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 5), $colBlack);
imageline($tmpImg, 1, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 6), 22, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 6), $colBlack);
// Text-strings by the lines
imagestring($tmpImg, 1, 25, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 0)-4, " 30", $colBlack);
imagestring($tmpImg, 1, 25, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 1)-4, " 20", $colBlack);
imagestring($tmpImg, 1, 25, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 2)-4, " 10", $colBlack);
imagestring($tmpImg, 1, 25, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 3)-4, " 0", $colBlack);
imagestring($tmpImg, 1, 25, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 4)-4, "-10", $colBlack);
imagestring($tmpImg, 1, 25, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 5)-4, "-20", $colBlack);
imagestring($tmpImg, 1, 25, $barStart+(($totalBarHeight/6) * 6)-4, "-30", $colBlack);
$temperature = trim($_GET['temp']);
if ($temperature == "") {
$temperature = 0;
}
// Calculate the bar-height
$tempSpan = (0 - $minTemp) + $maxTemp;
if ($temperature == 0) {
$barHeight = ($totalBarHeight / 2);
} elseif ($temperature > 0) {
if ($temperature >= $maxTemp) {
$barHeight = $totalBarHeight;
} else {
$barHeight = ($totalBarHeight / 2) + (($temperature / $maxTemp) * ($totalBarHeight / 2));
}
} else {
if ($temperature <= $minTemp) {
$barHeight = 0;
} else {
$barHeight = ($totalBarHeight / 2) - (($totalBarHeight / 2) * ((0-$temperature) / (0-$minTemp)));
}
}
// Temperature-bar
imagefilledrectangle($tmpImg, 7, $barStart+($totalBarHeight-$barHeight), 13, 172, $colBar);
// Create the image
header( "Content-type: image/png" );
imagepng($tmpImg );
?>
The background image is found at http://domotica.ronnkvist.nu/temperature-scripts/termometer.png