GD Library add text to image 1

[overflo]

Hi. Has anyone had any success with using the GD library to write text on an image. I have trawled the 'net and tried various methods but none will work. I have tried them all on 4 separate servers - all with GD enabled, FreeType Support enabled, FreeType Linkage with FreeType, GetText Support enabled (if they are relevant). I have been able to create a border around an image but the text on image is still eluding me.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

 

[jpadie]

what errors are being reported? i don't remember this being difficult but have not tried for some time.

 

[overflo]

No errors, just the image remains unchanged.

 

[jpadie]

ok then. what code have you tried so far?

 

[jpadie]

this, for example, works fine for me

<?php

//get tektips logo
$im = imagecreatefromgif('[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.tek-tips.com/images/logo.gif');[/URL]

//get the image size
$w = imagesx($im);
$h = imagesy($im);

//now create the text on a new canvas (i've used identical sized canvases but in practice you probably will not want to do so)
$text = imagecreatetruecolor($w, $h);
//place some text at the top left
imagestring($text, 5, 0, 0, 'Tek-Tips', 0x0000FF);


// merge the two canvas
//set opacity to 50%
imagecopymerge($im, $text, 0, 0, 0, 0, $w, $h, 50);

// output the image
header('Content-Type: image/png');
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy ($text);
imagedestroy($im);
?>

 

[overflo]

Yay it works.

Thankyou....Your blood is worth bottling.

Cheers