[Resolved] imagettftext print text to img

[spighita]

hello:
I've been attempting to have a template image and write text to that image. I have tried with some functions but no avail.

<?

header("Content-type: image/gif");
$im = imagecreatefromgif('pic.gif');

$r=imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 255);
imagettftext($im, 20, 0, 10, 20, $r, 'impact.ttf', 'Test!!!');
imagegif($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>

that is something I have done. Can anyone give me a hand

Thanks in advance for anyone who helps

[drawmack]

<?php
//the problem is that the gd library no longer 
//supports gifs. I did a bit more then change that
//but this works now and is mutable to your 
//needs very easily.

//added some variables for easy code modifications
$pic = 'junk_files/pic.png'; //path to the picture file
$font = 'junk_files/impact.ttf'; //path to the font file
$text = 'Test!!!'; //the text to print on the picture

$text_color = array( //specifies the color of the text
    'red'   => 0, //amount of red (0 - 255)
    'green' => 0, //amount of green (0 - 255)
    'blue'  => 255 //amount of blue (0 - 255)
);

$pos = array ( //position the text in the picture
    'size'  => 20, //the size of the font
    'angle' => 0,  //the angle of the font
    'x'     => 10, //the x position of the lower 
                   //left corner of the first character
    'y'     => 20, //the y position of the lower left 
                   //corenr of the first character
);

//since gifs are no longer supported by the gd library 
//we're going to output an png instead. If you change 
//png to jpg you can output a jpeg file.
header("Content-type: image/png");

//imagecreatefromgif no longer exists in the gd library
//so I have replaced it with imagecreatfrompng, you could
//also use imagecreatefromjpeg 
$im = imagecreatefrompng($pic); 

//updated to use the variables introduced above
$r=imagecolorallocate($im, $text_color['red'], 
    $text_color['green'], $text_color['blue']); 
imagettftext($im, $pos['size'], $pos['angle'], 
    $pos['x'], $pos['y'], $r, $font, $text);

//since imagegif is no longer a function in the gd library
//we are going to use imagepng, note that if you changed
//the header to send a jpeg you should use imagejpeg here 
imagepng($im); 
imagedestroy($im); 
?>

[Mordecai]

Originally posted by drawmack
the problem is that the gd library no longer...supports gifs.

http://www.boutell.com/gd/
gd 2.0.28 restores support for reading and writing GIF images.

It's possible he has GIF support. Without the errors, it's impossible to tell.

With that said, spighita, what are the errors?

[spighita]

YEPPPP,

You where right. Gif doesn't work
I just changed it to jpg and it worked., this is my working version.

Thanks very much for your help

<?

header("Content-type: image/jpg");
$im = imagecreatefromjpeg('test.jpg');

$r=imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 255);
imagettftext($im, 20, 0, 10, 20, $r, 'impact.ttf', 'Test!!!');
imagejpeg($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>

Drawmack, thanks for that script, I did not test it, I just went ahead and changed it to jpg and it worked. Anyways thanks for that code.

[Weedpacket]

PNGs are nicer than GIFs anyway. Whenever the choice is mine, I go for PNG.