Simple GD Code For Text With A Background Image.

Alex.Prisoner · 01-05-2008, 09:57 PM

I have created a code to make it a background image with text in GD

Hope you enjoy

PHP Code:


			
<?
// CODE CREATED BY ALEX.PRISONER (HTTP://MYWORLDNESS.COM) [ALEX.TUNBRIDGE@HOTMAIL.COM] //
header ("Content-type: image/png");
$image = "/* Background image for your text here MUST BE PNG. */";
$im = imagecreatefrompng($image);
$font = "arial.ttf";
$text = $_GET['text']; //To add text to this image put yourpage.php?text= Text you want to display here.
$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255); //If you know RBG you can change this but if you don't you might mess with the code :P
imagettftext($im, 20, 0, 20, 23, $white, $font, $text);
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>

Wildhoney · 01-05-2008, 10:27 PM

It's always nice to have a play around with GD from time-to-time, isn't? Just a note to anybody who's using your code. You have to drag the arial.ttf font from your fonts folder to your web-root (or just link to the font file in the font folder). Also ensure that your $_GET variable text is set. Finally, ensure the background image is a PNG. You're then good to go!

Thanks for sharing! Maybe the next thing you can do is detect what file type the background is, such as JPG, GIF, et cetera...