(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
imageftbbox — Give the bounding box of a text using fonts via freetype2
$size,$angle,$font_filename,$string,$options = []This function calculates and returns the bounding box in pixels for a FreeType text.
Note:
Prior to PHP 8.0.0, imageftbbox() was an extended variant of imagettfbbox() which additionally supported the
options. As of PHP 8.0.0, imagettfbbox() is an alias of imageftbbox().
sizeThe font size in points.
angle
Angle in degrees in which string will be
measured.
font_filenameThe name of the TrueType font file (can be a URL). Depending on which version of the GD library that PHP is using, it may attempt to search for files that do not begin with a leading '/' by appending '.ttf' to the filename and searching along a library-defined font path.
stringThe string to be measured.
options
| Key | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
linespacing |
float | Defines drawing linespacing |
imageftbbox() returns an array with 8 elements representing four points making the bounding box of the text:
| 0 | lower left corner, X position |
| 1 | lower left corner, Y position |
| 2 | lower right corner, X position |
| 3 | lower right corner, Y position |
| 4 | upper right corner, X position |
| 5 | upper right corner, Y position |
| 6 | upper left corner, X position |
| 7 | upper left corner, Y position |
The points are relative to the text regardless of the
angle, so "upper left" means in the top left-hand
corner seeing the text horizontally.
On failure, false is returned.
Example #1 imageftbbox() example
<?php
// Create a 300x150 image
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(300, 150);
$black = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
// Set the background to be white
imagefilledrectangle($im, 0, 0, 299, 299, $white);
// Path to our font file
$font = './arial.ttf';
// First we create our bounding box
$bbox = imageftbbox(10, 0, $font, 'The PHP Documentation Group');
// This is our cordinates for X and Y
$x = $bbox[0] + (imagesx($im) / 2) - ($bbox[4] / 2) - 5;
$y = $bbox[1] + (imagesy($im) / 2) - ($bbox[5] / 2) - 5;
imagefttext($im, 10, 0, $x, $y, $black, $font, 'The PHP Documentation Group');
// Output to browser
header('Content-Type: image/png');
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>
Note: This function is only available if PHP is compiled with freetype support (--with-freetype-dir=DIR)