Text on image

[stuffradio]

Ok,

 

so I have a php file that creates the image. In that file, I have it calling a script that is supposed to write text on the image, but that script that is supposed to write text on the image doesn't work.

 

This is what gets outputted in the browser:

http://localhost/wp-2.7/wp-content/plugins/captionbuilder/imagedisplay.php?text=testtt&file=winabout.jpg

 

Here is the code:

<?php
  $imag = $_GET['file'];
  $path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."wp-2.7/wp-content/uploads/" . $imag;
  $im = imagecreatefromjpeg($path);
  $cor = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
  $white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
  $text = $_GET['text'];
  header ('Content-type: image/jpeg');
  imagettftext($im, 18, 0, 10, 5, $cor, 'Arial', $text);
  imagejpeg($im);
?>

 

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I want to have text on the top of the image and on the bottom. I just need to know how to do this correctly though and I will figure out the positioning part.

[RussellReal]

the font parameter needs to be a .ttf file or relative path to it.. you can't specify 'Arial'

[stuffradio]

Thanks for the reply, but it still doesn't work:

 

<?php
header ('Content-type: image/jpeg');
  $imag = $_GET['file'];
  $path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."wp-2.7/wp-content/uploads/" . $imag;
  $im = imagecreatefromjpeg($path);
  $cor = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
  $white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
  $text = $_GET['text'];
  $font = 'arial.ttf';
  imagettftext($im, 18, 0, 10, 5, $cor, $font, $text);
  imagejpeg($im);
?>

[GingerRobot]

Is arial.ttf in the folder that this file is?

[stuffradio]

No it isn't.

 

Edit: Ohhh thanks, it works now