creating images in php

benbacardi · June 23rd, 2005, 01:32 PM

i want to create a simple image with just text on it.... this is the code i am using. vedana.ttf is in the same directory as the php file.

Code:

<?php
// Set the content-type
header("Content-type: image/png");

// Create the image
$im = imagecreate(400, 30);

// Create some colors
$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
$grey = imagecolorallocate($im, 128, 128, 128);
$black = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);

// The text to draw
$text = 'Testing...';
// Replace path by your own font path
$font = 'verdana.ttf';

// Add some shadow to the text
imagettftext($im, 20, 0, 11, 21, $grey, $font, $text);

// Add the text
imagettftext($im, 20, 0, 10, 20, $black, $font, $text);

// Using imagepng() results in clearer text compared with imagejpeg()
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>

the error i get is... "cannot be displayed, because it contains errors."

why?!

any help wud b appreciated.

markj · June 23rd, 2005, 04:41 PM

Hi benbacardi,

I tried your code and got this error

Code:

b>Warning[/b]:  imagettftext(): Could not find/open font

what i found is if the path of the font has a space in it imagettftext() doesn't like it. Try moving the font so that the path to it doesn't havea space in it

benbacardi · June 23rd, 2005, 05:30 PM

it doesnt have a space in it...

and the reason you probably got that error is probably because you didn't put "verdana.ttf" in the same directory as where u were running the script...

markj · June 24th, 2005, 04:14 AM

Yes i did put it in the same dir. What is the exact error you are getting?

benbacardi · June 24th, 2005, 04:29 AM

"The image www.bpcu.co.uk/image.php cannot be displayed because it contains errors"

astm · June 24th, 2005, 04:40 AM

hello benbacardi
iam realy search about this script
and want to do it but always have errors

markj · June 24th, 2005, 04:46 AM

benbacardi:

Code:


Warning:  imagettftext(): Could not find/open font in /home/httpd/vhosts/bpcu.co.uk/httpdocs/image.php on line 19



Warning:  imagettftext(): Could not find/open font in /home/httpd/vhosts/bpcu.co.uk/httpdocs/image.php on line 22

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This is what i see when i view that page it does look like it's the imagettftext() function try hardcoding the path as well as the font name when you decalre it

phleet · July 19th, 2005, 11:59 PM

okay, im not ENTIRELY sure what the problem is, but a few things to check
(I used that exact code I was learning it, its off a tutorial site)

1. Check the case of the filename. It may be .TTF

2. change the path from "verdana.ttf" to "./verdana.ttf"

This seems kind of arbitrary, but it may be that its searching for verdana.ttf in the default font directory for whatever OS you're running. Going ./ specifies to use the directory your in. Reply here and tell me if it worked. My code worked when I did that, but I never bothered to try it without the ./

Hope it works.