GD Text
Making it easy to type text on pictures.
Native PHP library, needed only the GD Extension, supporting multi-lined text, horizontal and vertical alignment, automatic text wrapping, text rotation and color
The library is compatible with any PHP app with the GD Extension.
The library accepts any GD resource and can be used with any library able to return a GD resource.
Features
Framework Free
Need only the GD Extension
Use your font
Support any TrueType Font
Friendly
Manage your text as box to customize
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Example
<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
namespace Acme;
use GDText\Box;
use GDText\Color;
use GDText\Enum\HorizontalAlignment;
use GDText\Enum\TextWrapping;
use GDText\Enum\VerticalAlignment;
use function file_get_contents;
use function imagealphablending;
use function imagecreatefromstring;
use function imagepng;
use function imagesavealpha;
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
$im = imagecreatefromstring(file_get_contents('images/foo.png'));
imagealphablending($im, true);
imagesavealpha($im, true);
$box = new Box($im);
$box->setFontFace(__DIR__ . '/LinLibertine_R.ttf'); // http://www.dafont.com/franchise.font
$box->setFontColor(new Color(255, 75, 140));
$box->setFontSize(16);
$box->setBox(0, 135, imagesx($im), 70);
$box->setTextAlign(HorizontalAlignment::Left, VerticalAlignment::Top);
$box->setTextWrapping(TextWrapping::WrapWithOverflow);
$box->draw('Owls are birds');
imagepng($im, 'foo2.png');