Here's a snippet of some code where I did something similar: 
#plot data to a png graph
# I have a temporary image because I end up splicing 
# two images together
open(GRAPH, "+>./supportfiles/temp.png") or die("Cannot open temp grap
+h file: $!")
;
my $gd = $graph->plot($data) or die $graph->error;
binmode GRAPH;
print GRAPH $gd->png;
seek GRAPH, 0, 0;
my $gdgraph = newFromPng GD::Image(\*GRAPH) or die ("Cannot read into 
+GD object: $
!" );
close GRAPH;

# second, pre-existing image I supperimpose on the first
open(LOGO, "<./supportfiles/logo.png") or die("Cannot open logo file: 
+$!" );
my $image = newFromPng GD::Image(\*LOGO) or die ("Cannot read logo int
+o GD object:
 $!" );
$gdgraph->colorAllocate(255,255,255);
$gdgraph->copy($image,460,368,0,0,80,22);

# File name for final image
my $filename = "$number" . "_" . "$huc" . ".png";

open(IMG, ">./charts/$filename") or die $!;
binmode IMG;
print IMG $gdgraph->png;

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You can actually do this dynamically with perl and HTML and not save an actual file. It all has to do with the binmode. If you want to do it dynamically, expermient with something like: 
print STDOUT $query->header(-type=>'image/png');
binmode STDOUT;
print STDOUT $image->png();

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In reply to Re: GD::Graph in HTML by kryberg
in thread GD::Graph in HTML by cosmicsoup

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