[RESOLVED] I want an array of TTF font names and not TTF font file names

[ppowell]

Consider my code:

	/**
	 * Set the TTF array property $ttfArray
	 *
	 * @access private
	 * @see actual_path
	 */
	function &setTTFArray() {					// STATIC VOID METHOD
		global $ttfPath;					// OBTAIN VAR FROM project_globals.inc.php
		if (is_dir($ttfPath)) {
		 $dirID = @opendir(actual_path($ttfPath));
		 while ($ttf = @readdir($dirID)) if (@is_file(actual_path("$ttfPath/$ttf")) && preg_match('/\.ttf$/i', $ttf)) @array_push($this->ttfArray, actual_path("$ttfPath/$ttf"));
		}
	}

This will generate an array of TTF font names, however, the problem is that it generates an array of TTF font FILE names, which is usually utterly unreadable, at least unknowable, to the user.

How can I change it to be an array of the actual TTF font names and not the literal TTF font FILE names?

The directory will be utterly dynamic as this is from a portable web application.

Thanx
Phil

[scrupul0us]

so for example you have a font named "fb.TTF" but the font is called "Foo Bar".. u want to retrieve "Foo Bar"

?

[scrupul0us]

eitherway... this should work

This class can analyze TrueType font files and extract details of the text fonts.

It can retrieve the font family, sub-family, full font name and the copyright information.

It may be useful if you would like to work with TrueType fonts on Windows or Unix platforms.

[ppowell]

Just to share with the PHP community:

Thanx! I got it to work at last

<?

if (!function_exists('get_ttf_info')) {
 /**
  * Obtain TTF font information from file {@link http://winbinder.org/highlight.php?code=code/ttfreader.phpw click here for more information}
  *
  * @access public
  * @param string $fontFile Name of font file including path
  * @return string Font type name (will also include subfamily into name if not the "regular" font type)
  * @see actual_path
  * @see unicode2ansi
  * @staticvar array $stringNameArray To be used to map font type name array to allow for extraction of $array['FACENAME']
  */
 function &get_ttf_info($fontFile) {

if (@!is_file(actual_path($fontFile))) return null;

static $stringNameArray = array(
	"COPYRIGHT",
	"FACENAME",
	"SUBFAMILY",
	"UNIQUEFONTID",
	"FAMILY",
	"VERSION",
	"PSNAME",
	"TRADEMARK",
	"UC_COPYRIGHT",
	"UC_FAMILY",
	"UC_SUBFAMILY",
	"UC_UNIQUEFONTID",
	"UC_FACENAME",
	"UC_VERSION",
	"UC_PSNAME",
	"UC_TRADEMARK"
);

$fh = fopen($fontFile, 'rb');

@fseek($fh, 0);
$data = @fread($fh, 12);

@fseek($fh, 0);
$data = @fread($fh, 1024);
$namepos = strpos($data, 'name');

@fseek($fh, $namepos);
$data = @fread($fh, 16);
$ttfNameArray = @unpack('a4/N/Noffset', $data);

@fseek($fh, $ttfNameArray['offset']);
$data = @fread($fh, 6);
$ttfNameArray = @unpack('n/ncount/nstringoffset', $data);

$strstart = @ftell($fh) - 6 + $ttfNameArray['stringoffset'];
$names = min($ttfNameArray['count'], 16);

for ($i = 0; $i < $names; $i++) {
 $data = @fread($fh, 12);

 $fpos = @ftell($fh);
 $ttfNameArray = @unpack('n4/nLengthID/nOffsetID', $data);

 $len = $ttfNameArray['LengthID'];
 if ($len) {
  @fseek($fh, $strstart + $ttfNameArray['OffsetID']);
  $data = @fread($fh, $len);
  @fseek($fh, $fpos);
  $nameArray = @unpack('a' . $len . 'Data', $data);
  $ttfStringArray[$stringNameArray[$i]] = unicode2ansi($nameArray['Data']);
 } else {
  $ttfStringArray[$stringNameArray[$i]] = '';
 } 
}

@fclose($fh);

if (strcmp(strtolower($ttfStringArray['SUBFAMILY']), 'regular') == 0) {
     return $ttfStringArray['FACENAME']; // REGULAR FONT NAME
} else {			     // SUBFAMILY FONT NAME
 return $ttfStringArray['FACENAME'] . ' ' . $ttfStringArray['SUBFAMILY'];
}
 }
}

if (!function_exists('unicode2ansi')) {
 /**
  * Convert Unicode string to ANSI {@link http://winbinder.org/highlight.php?code=code/ttfreader.phpw click here for more information}
  *
  * @access public
  * @param string $string
  * @return string ANSI
  */
 function unicode2ansi($string) {

$string = (string)$string;

if(!is_string($string)) return $string;

// Is it an empty string?

if(strlen($string) == 0) return $string;

// Is it Unicode?

if(ord($string[0]) != 0) return $string;

// Do the conversion

$len = strlen($string);
$out = '';

for($i = 0; $i < $len; $i += 2) 
    if(ord($string[$i]) == 0 && ord($string[$i + 1]) != 0) $out .= $string[$i + 1];

return $out;
 } 
}

?>

Phil

[scrupul0us]

glad to help!