GD image/text problems

[move3rd]

Hi,

I'm trying to get this code from the php manual to work:

 
<?php
   header("Content-type: image/png");
   $string = $_GET['text'];
   $im    = imagecreatefrompng("/fonts/artist.png");
   $orange = imagecolorallocate($im, 220, 210, 60);
   $px    = (imagesx($im) - 7.5 * strlen($string)) / 2;
   imagestring($im, 3, $px, 9, $string, $orange);
   imagepng($im);
   imagedestroy($im);
?>    

THe script is called with an image tag:

<IMG SRC="/fonts/gd_text.php?text=$artist">

No image is outputed? 😕

GD is definitely installed and working (so my host tells me/shared hosting).

[onion2k]

Comment out the header("Content-type: image/png"); and imagepng($im); lines, and call the image directly in your browser by going to /fonts/gd_text.php?text=$artist .. do you get an error?

Also...

$px = (imagesx($im) - 7.5 * strlen($string)) / 2;

should probably be

$px = (imagesx($im) - (7.5 * strlen($string))) / 2;

[move3rd]

Thanks onion2k

It works when I use full path:

<?php
   header("Content-type: image/png");
   $string = $_GET['text'];
   $im    = imagecreatefrompng("/home/myaccount/public_html/fonts/artist.png");
   $orange = imagecolorallocate($im, 220, 210, 60);
   $px    = (imagesx($im) - 7.5 * strlen($string)) / 2;
   imagestring($im, 3, $px, 9, $string, $orange);
   imagepng($im);
   imagedestroy($im);
?> 

[move3rd]

Hi,

I've been searching for a tutorial or example of how to resize and display an image but everthing I've found is overcomplicated and not exactly what I want to do (images from a db/ batch processing).

Can anyone point me in the right direction?