#34268 [Opn->Bgs]: imagettftext broken with Umlauts

ID: 34268 Updated by: sniper@php.net Reported By: mb at imp dot ch -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: GD related Operating System: FreeBSD 4.11 PHP Version: 4.4.0 Assigned To: pajoye New Comment: Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Due to the volume of reports we can not explain in detail here why your report is not a bug. The support channels will be able to provide an explanation for you. Thank you for your interest in PHP. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-08-26 16:28:59] mb at imp dot ch It is no option to use php5. This is a production system on ISP side. The problem seems to be the FreeBSD port. In some versions it had this option definded: --enable-gd-jis-conv I've removed it and now it works. Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-08-26 15:26:28] pajoye@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php5-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5-win32-latest.zip Use the bundled GD ("configure --with-gd", be sure that no gd developement files are in the std path). If the problem persists, please provide the fonts and small script to reproduce the problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-08-26 15:22:06] mb at imp dot ch Description: ------------ After Upgrading PHP from 4.3.3 to 4.4.0, rendered text with imagettftext() doesn't show Umlauts in some cases. It doesn't matter if the string is utf8 encoded or not, the result is the same. If an Umlaut is followed by a space, it is correctly printed: // Works $text = 'Testing\xe4 ...'; But if it is followed by some other Umlaut or a different char, it doesn't work at all. // Doesn't work $text = 'Testing\xe4a ...'; Any ideas ? Installed packages are: gd-2.0.33_1,1 freetype2-2.1.4_1 Reproduce code: --------------- <?php // Set the content-type header("Content-type: image/png"); // Create the image $im = imagecreatetruecolor(400, 30); // Create some colors $white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255); $grey = imagecolorallocate($im, 128, 128, 128); $black = imagecolorallocate($im, 128, 128, 0); // Doesn't work $text = ' 5 Testing\xe4a ...'; // Works $text = ' 5 Testing\xe4 ...'; // Replace path by your own font path $font = arialn.ttf'; // Add some shadow to the text imagettftext($im, 20, 0, 11, 21, $grey, $font, $text); // Add the text imagettftext($im, 20, 0, 10, 20, $black, $font, $text); // Using imagepng() results in clearer text compared with imagejpeg() imagepng($im); imagedestroy($im); ?> Expected result: ---------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34268&edit=1