Dynamic picture with GD

[Anon]

Hi !

I'm trying to make a dynamic image using the GD libary and imagettftext function.

Here is the code :
imagettftext ($Img, 20, 0, 10, 10, $Color, "TEST", "C:\WINNT\Fonts\arial.ttf");

The text don't appear onthe picture, and I get the following error :
Warning: Could not find/open font in test.php on line 131

However the path to the font file seems to be good. So what is the problem ?

Thanks a lot for your help !

[theslinky]

Perhaps the web server doesn't have permissions to access the C:\WINNT\Fonts directory. I'm assuming you are running the PHP and server on Windows 2000 (or NT). So by default, the web server is run as user IUSR_SYSNAME (where SYSNAME is the WINS name of your system). And as far as I know (at least on my system), the WINNT directory doesn't give read, write nor execute permissions to IUSR_XXXXX users.

What i suggest is that you copy the font file (arial.ttf) to the directory under which you have the PHP and use simply "arial.ttf" in the imagettftext command.

hope this helps!
-sridhar

[Anon]

I try this solution. No result !
PHP is running under W2000. I give the "full control" to "everyone" for the directory where is the PHP program, and use simply "arial.ttf" in the command...
SKL