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write text to transparent image

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:07 pm
by thosecars82
Why is this code only working locally on xampp but not on remote server where I just see a blank rectangle instead of the word "phone"?
You can check it at http://www.arreglaordenador.com/numberimage4.php

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<?php
 $fontDir = $rootPath . "fonts\\";
header("Content-type: image/png"); //Picture Format
header("Expires: Mon, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT"); // Past date
header("Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT"); // Consitnuously modified
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate"); // HTTP/1.1
header("Pragma: no-cache"); // NO CACHE
 
/*image generation code*/
//create Image of size 350px x 75px
$bg = imagecreatetruecolor(350, 75);
 
//This will make it transparent
imagesavealpha($bg, true);
 
$trans_colour = imagecolorallocatealpha($bg, 0, 0, 0, 127);
imagefill($bg, 0, 0, $trans_colour);
 
//Text to be written
$helloworld = isset($_GET['text']) ? $_GET['text'] : "phone";
 
// White text
$white = imagecolorallocate($bg, 255, 255, 255);
// Grey Text
$grey = imagecolorallocate($bg, 128, 128, 128);
// Black Text
$black = imagecolorallocate($bg, 0,0,0);
 
$font = 'arial.ttf'; //path to font you want to use
$fontsize = 20; //size of font
 
//Writes text to the image using fonts using FreeType 2
imagettftext($bg, $fontsize, 0, 20, 20, $grey, $fontDir.$font, $helloworld);
 
//Create image
imagepng($bg);
 
//destroy image
ImageDestroy($bg);
?>
 
 
Thank you very much.