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Create some text as an image - Anthony 14/6/2008

This creats a background with a border and adds text to it.

  1. <?php
  2. // Create the canvas
  3. $canvas = imagecreate( 150, 80 );
  4. // First colour - this will be the default colour for the canvas
  5. $light_blue = imagecolorallocate( $canvas, 176, 226, 255 );
  6. // The second colour - to be used for the text
  7. $black = imagecolorallocate( $canvas, 0, 0, 0 );
  8. // Path to the font you are going to use
  9. $font = "verdana.ttf";
  10. // Text to write
  11. $text = "Text";
  12. // Font size
  13. $size = "40";
  14. // Add the text to the canvas
  15. imageTTFText( $canvas, $size, 0, 15, 60, $black, $font, $text );
  16. // Save as Text.jpg
  17. imagejpeg( $canvas, "Text.jpg" );
  18. // Clear the memory of the tempory image 
  19. ImageDestroy( $canvas );
  20. ?>

For more examples and information check out the main Imagemagick section.

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