Re: Why is imageTTFtext function useless?

It works fine. Spell Header() right, or remove the header altogether so you can see the error message. I predict you will see a message telling you it couldn't open the font file. -Rasmus On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, zhaoxd wrote: > hello,all: > > I have already installed gd-1.8.4 in php-4.1.2 with some libraries,such as libpng > -1.2.0,freetype-1.3,zlib-1.1.4,freetype2,in my apache server which version is 1.3.24,and > "phpinfo()" display php can support such soft,as follow: > GD Support---------------------------enabled > GD Version---------------------------1.6.2 or higher > FreeType Support---------------------enabled > FreeType Linkage---------------------with freetype > JPG Support--------------------------enabled > PNG Support--------------------------enabled > WBMP Support-------------------------enabled > > But when I used the function related with ttf,like ImageTTFText or ImageTTFBox,I found it > useless,in other words,no pictures were displayed in my IE. > I don't understand why,is gd-1.8.4 can not support these functions? > > ps:my test code > <? > //define the type of inputting picture; > Heder("content-type:image/png"); > //create picture > $pic=imagecreate(240,30); > //define color > $black=imagecolorallocate($pic,0,0,0); > $white=imagecolorallocate($pic,255,255,255); > //define font copied from windows2000 > $font="fonts/simhei.ttf"; > //define characters to output > $str = chr(0xE8).chr(0xB5).chr(0x9B).chr(0xE8).chr(0xBF).chr(0xAA).chr(0xE7).chr(0xBD).chr(0 > x91)." www.ccidnet.com"; > //write ttf in picture > imageTTFText($pic,20,0,10,20,$white,$font,$str); > //create png picture > imagepng($pic); > //release the memory occupied by the picture > imagedestroy($pic); > ?> > > Can anybody give a reply? > > Thank you > zhaoxd > >