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imagefttext

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5)

imagefttextWrite text to the image using fonts using FreeType 2

Description

array imagefttext ( resource $image , float $size , float $angle , int $x , int $y , int $color , string $font_file , string $text [, array $extrainfo ] )

Parameters

image

An image resource, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor().

size

The font size to use in points

angle

The angle in degrees, with 0 degrees being left-to-right reading text. Higher values represent a counter-clockwise rotation. For example, a value of 90 would result in bottom-to-top reading text.

x

The coordinates given by x and y will define the basepoint of the first character (roughly the lower-left corner of the character). This is different from the imagestring(), where x and y define the upper-left corner of the first character. For example, "top left" is 0, 0.

y

The y-ordinate. This sets the position of the fonts baseline, not the very bottom of the character.

color

The index of the desired color for the text, see imagecolorexact()

font_file

The full path to the font being used.

text

Text to be inserted into image.

extrainfo

Return Values

This function returns an array defining the four points of the box, starting in the lower left and moving counter-clockwise:

0 lower left x-coordinate
1 lower left y-coordinate
2 lower right x-coordinate
3 lower right y-coordinate
4 upper right x-coordinate
5 upper right y-coordinate
6 upper left x-coordinate
7 upper left y-coordinate

Notes

Note: This function requires GD 2.0.1 or later (2.0.28 or later is recommended).

Note: This function is only available if PHP is compiled with freetype support (--with-freetype-dir=DIR)

ChangeLog

Version Description
4.3.5 extrainfo was made optional.


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