PHP Text To Image

0-PHP-TEXT-IMAGE.MD

PHP CONVERT TEXT TO IMAGE

https://code-boxx.com/convert-text-image-php/

NOTES

1. Change $txtFont in 3-font.php and 4-center.php to your own.
2. Make sure that extension=gd is enabled in php.ini.

LICENSE

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1-basic.php

<?php
// (A) IMAGE OBJECT
$width = 150; $height = 80;
$img = imagecreate($width, $height);

// (B) SETTINGS
$txt = "FOO BAR!";
$txtSize = 5;
$txtX = 10; $txtY = 10;
$red = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 0, 0);
$white = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 255, 255);

// (C) DRAW BACKGROUND (RED RECTANGLE)
imagefilledrectangle($img, 0, 0, $width, $height, $red);

// (D) WRITE TEXT
imagestring($img, $txtSize, $txtX, $txtY, $txt, $white);

// (E) SAVE TO FILE
imagepng($img, "demo.png");
imagedestroy($img); // optional

2-vertical.php

<?php
// (A) IMAGE OBJECT
$width = 80; $height = 150;
$img = imagecreate($width, $height);

// (B) SETTINGS
$txt = "FOO BAR!";
$txtSize = 5;
$txtX = 10; $txtY = 100;
$green = imagecolorallocate($img, 0, 255, 0);
$black = imagecolorallocate($img, 0, 0, 0);

// (C) DRAW BACKGROUND (GREEEN RECTANGLE)
imagefilledrectangle($img, 0, 0, $width, $height, $green);

// (D) WRITE TEXT
imagestringup($img, $txtSize, $txtX, $txtY, $txt, $black);

// (E) OUTPUT
header("Content-type: image/png");
imagepng($img);
imagedestroy($img);

4-center.php

<?php
// (A) IMAGE OBJECT
$width = 300; $height = 150;
$img = imagecreate($width, $height);

// (B) SETTINGS
$txt = "FOO BAR!";
$txtSize = 22;
$txtAngle = 0;
$txtX = 10; $txtY = 60;
$txtFont = "C:/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf"; // CHANGE TO YOUR OWN!
$grey = imagecolorallocate($img, 200, 200, 200);
$black = imagecolorallocate($img, 0, 0, 0);

// (C) DRAW BACKGROUND (GREY RECTANGLE)
imagefilledrectangle($img, 0, 0, $width, $height, $grey);

// (D) TEXT BOX DIMENSIONS
$txtBox = imagettfbbox($txtSize, $txtAngle, $txtFont, $txt);
$txtW = max([$txtBox[2], $txtBox[4]]) - min([$txtBox[0], $txtBox[6]]);
$txtH = max([$txtBox[5], $txtBox[7]]) - min([$txtBox[1], $txtBox[3]]);

// (E) CENTERING THE TEXT BLOCK
$txtX = CEIL(($width - $txtW) / 2);
$txtX = $txtX<0 ? 0 : $txtX;
$txtY = CEIL(($height - $txtH) / 2);
$txtY = $txtY<0 ? 0 : $txtY;
imagettftext($img, $txtSize, $txtAngle, $txtX, $txtY, $black, $txtFont, $txt);

// (F) OUTPUT
header("Content-type: image/png");
imagepng($img);
imagedestroy($img);

gistfile1.txt

<?php
// (A) IMAGE OBJECT
$width = 150; $height = 80;
$img = imagecreate($width, $height);

// (B) SETTINGS
$txt = "FOO BAR!";
$txtSize = 22;
$txtAngle = 5;
$txtX = 10; $txtY = 60;
$txtFont = "C:/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf"; // CHANGE TO YOUR OWN!
$blue = imagecolorallocate($img, 0, 0, 255);
$white = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 255, 255);

// (C) DRAW BACKGROUND (BLUE RECTANGLE)
imagefilledrectangle($img, 0, 0, $width, $height, $blue);

// (D) WRITE TEXT
imagettftext($img, $txtSize, $txtAngle, $txtX, $txtY, $white, $txtFont, $txt);

// (E) OUTPUT
header("Content-type: image/png");
imagepng($img);
imagedestroy($img);