Text Placement On Image In GD Library

[mouse77e]

I thought I had this sorted but obviously not. The idea was to centre the text, in this cast Christopher in the centre of the badge, In stead of centring the text in the middle of the badge the text starts as of the middle of the badge.

 

The Code:

<?php
$image = ImageCreateFromPNG("nametag.png");
$color = imagecolorallocate($image, 0x255, 0x255, 0x255);
$colorShadow = imagecolorallocate($image, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66);
$font = 'font1.ttf';
$fontSize = "24";
$fontRotation = "0";
$str = "Christopher";

$width = 180;
$height = 144;

$font_width = ImageFontWidth($font);
$font_height = ImageFontHeight($font);

/* Text Width */
$text_width = $font_width * strlen($text);

/* Position to align in center */
$position_center = ceil(($width - $text_width) / 2);

/* Text Height */
$text_height = $font_height;

/* Position to align in abs middle */
$position_middle = ceil(($height - $text_height) / 2 + 30);

/* Top Level */
ImageTTFText($image, $fontSize, $fontRotation,  $position_center, $position_middle, $color, $font, $str);

header("Content-Type: image/PNG");
ImagePng ($image);
imagedestroy($image);
?>

 

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[MasterACE14]

just offset it a little, change $position_middle to + or - however many pixels until you're satisfied with its position

[mouse77e]

Indeed that would work but i need the prossess to be automatic, the name will not always bee the same so auto centring is vital. Many thanks tho