How to use imagettftext

[Gian04]

Warning: imagettftext() [function.imagettftext]: Could not find/open font in ... on line 71
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I always get this error message even though Im sure that i specified the correct path of the font

Heres my code:

$fonttype = "../image/fonts/GOTHICB.TTF";
imagettftext($imagehere, 20, 0, 5, 125, $bluetext, $fonttype, $texthere);

Still an error even if I change the path like this

$fonttype = "http://www.example.com/image/fonts/GOTHICB.TTF";

[edited by: Gian04 at 2:36 pm (utc) on June 22, 2007]

[joelgreen]

That "strange string" is a PNG file content. It somehow treats png file as path...

Are you sure $fonttype is not set to something strange before it is passed to the imagettftext?

[whoisgregg]

Properly specifying the font path can be pretty tricky. I'd recommend using an absolute path on your server (the relative path "../..." and url "http://..." approaches are both less than ideal).

So, specify the font like:

$fonttype = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/image/fonts/GOTHICB.TTF";

Also, take a look at the manual page [php.net] with it's caveats for specifying font path.

[maccas]

Not sure if this would cause that error but was the font uploaded as a binary?