<?php
// Create a new image instance
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(50, 20);
$black = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
// Make the background white
imagefilledrectangle($im, 0, 0, 49, 19, $white);
// Load the gd font and write 'Hello'
$font_file = './arial.ttf';
imagestring($im, $font, 0, 0, 'Hello', $black);
// Output to browser
header('Content-type: image/png');
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>
ok this doesnt work i think its the font, i asked my hosting provider they say my font path is /usr/X11R6/oib ive tried "/usr/X11R6/oib/arial.ttf" and it doesnt work how do i point to the font then ?
