function gradient($text, $hexfrom, $hexto){ 



$text = iconv('utf-8','windows-1251',$text); 

$colorsteps = strlen($text); 



$fromrgb['r'] = hexdec(substr($hexfrom, 0, 2)); 

$fromrgb['g'] = hexdec(substr($hexfrom, 2, 2)); 

$fromrgb['b'] = hexdec(substr($hexfrom, 4, 2)); 

  

$torgb['r'] = hexdec(substr($hexto, 0, 2)); 

$torgb['g'] = hexdec(substr($hexto, 2, 2)); 

$torgb['b'] = hexdec(substr($hexto, 4, 2)); 

  

$steprgb['r'] = ($fromrgb['r'] - $torgb['r']) / ($colorsteps - 1); 

$steprgb['g'] = ($fromrgb['g'] - $torgb['g']) / ($colorsteps - 1); 

$steprgb['b'] = ($fromrgb['b'] - $torgb['b']) / ($colorsteps - 1); 

  

for($i = 0; $i <= $colorsteps; $i++){ 



$rgb['r'] = floor($fromrgb['r'] - ($steprgb['r'] * $i)); 

$rgb['g'] = floor($fromrgb['g'] - ($steprgb['g'] * $i)); 

$rgb['b'] = floor($fromrgb['b'] - ($steprgb['b'] * $i)); 

  

$hexrgb['r'] = sprintf('%02x', ($rgb['r'])); 

$hexrgb['g'] = sprintf('%02x', ($rgb['g'])); 

$hexrgb['b'] = sprintf('%02x', ($rgb['b'])); 



$color = implode(null, $hexrgb); 

  

$return .= '<font color="'.$color.'">'.$text[$i].'</font>'; 



} 



return iconv('windows-1251','utf-8',$return); 

}