convert text to image

[richardko]

Hi,
is there a library that can convert text to image in php?
thanks

 

[jpadie]

yes. gd.
it's all in the manual

 

[dkdude]

richardko,

Would this question be related to your question in thread215-1300252 ?

If that's the case, I think you may want to consider generating a pdf instead.

This works for me:

http://www.fpdf.org/

and it's free too.

;-)

 

[richardko]

umm...the other thread was to create packing slips. I posted this thread so I could create Labels (4 x 5 inches).

I got the Gd to work but how do I change the size of the text. Basically I need the text to fill up a 4"x5" labels in landscape format but cant get it to work.

here's the sample script from Php's website that I used so far:
$im = imagecreate(800, 800);

// white background and blue text
$bg = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
$textcolor = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 255);

// write the string at the top left
imagestring($im, 5, 0, 0, "Hello world!", $textcolor);
// output the image
header("Content-type: image/png");
imagepng($im);

 

[dkdude]

Okay. I see. You may need to use imagettftext() instead of imagestring() -then you can use ttf fonts and set the size to match your needs.

http://dk2.php.net/manual/da/function.imagettftext.php

;-)