Re: [PHP] image generation issues

[Adrian Murphy]

tried everything suggested and still get 'could not read font' oh well
thanx.

----- Original Message -----
From: "hugh danaher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "php" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:00 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] image generation issues


> Adrian,
> If you're using the code displayed, you need to use $im before you destroy
> it.
> If you want to deal with it as a .png then use:
> ImagePNG($im,"some_name.png",100);
> and then pick up the file anytime using
> <img src="some_name.png">
> You can later remove it from the server using:
> unlink("some_name.png");
> hope this helps.
> Hugh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Towell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'Adrian Murphy'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 6:36 PM
> Subject: RE: [PHP] image generation issues
>
>
> > when you say it doesn't work, do you mean that you get an error message
or
> > it just doesn't write the text to the image?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Adrian Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 1:16 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [PHP] image generation issues
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > I'm using the code in the manual to draw text  on a png.
> > but Its not working - ImageString() works but not ImageTTFText()
> > I uploaded arial.ttf from windows to fonts/ folder
> > Any Ideas:
> > as a side note: PNG's - any real disadvantage to using them
> >  instead of gifs - not withstanding the compuserve issue and
> > old browsers.
> >
> > the code
> > button.php
> > <?php
> > Header ("Content-type: image/png");
> > $im = imagecreate (400, 30);
> > $black = ImageColorAllocate ($im, 0, 0, 0);
> > $white = ImageColorAllocate ($im, 255, 255, 255);
> > ImageTTFText ($im, 20, 0, 10, 20, $white, "fonts/arial.ttf","Testing...
> > Omega: &#937;");
> > ImagePng ($im);
> > ImageDestroy ($im);
> > ?>
> > and i call it with
> > <img src="button.php" border="0" alt="">
> >
>
>
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