php-gdHow to align text to center horizontally
<?php
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(400, 300);
$c_black = imageColorAllocate($im, 0,0,0);
$c_green = imageColorAllocate($im, 46,204,64);
$text = 'Hi';
$font = '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf';
$p = imagettfbbox(40, 0, $font, $text);
imagettftext($im, 40, 0, (400 - $p[2])/2, 100, $c_green, $font, $text);
imagePng($im, '/tmp/image.png');ctrl + cimagecreatetruecolorcreates true color GD image object with specified width & height | imageColorAllocatecreates color object to later use in image |
$fontpath to | imagettfbboxreturn size of box that given text fits into |
imagettftextdraw text with given | (400$p[2])/2 |
imagePngsaves image in PNG format to the given path | |
Usage example
<?php
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(400, 300);
$c_black = imageColorAllocate($im, 0,0,0);
$c_green = imageColorAllocate($im, 46,204,64);
$text = 'Hi';
$font = '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf';
$p = imagettfbbox(40, 0, $font, $text);
imagettftext($im, 40, 0, (400 - $p[2])/2, 100, $c_green, $font, $text);
imagePng($im, '/tmp/image.png');