note 85499 added to function.imagestring

Example #1 confuses me. It creates a variable, bg$, and then doesn't seem to use it. Is bg$ really necessary? // white background and blue text $bg = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255); $textcolor = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 255); ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 144.226.230.37 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagestring.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/85499 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85499/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85499/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85499/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85499/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85499/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85499/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85499 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/85499 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php