note 93593 added to function.imagefttext

For a design project I am required to have spacing between characters; since imagefttext does not support this feature I have created a function which does support this. The arguments are identical to imagefttext, accept that (array)$extrainfo now accepts the 'character_spacing' spacing parameter. The return values are as expected, and include the image boundaries of the entire string including the character spacing. The downside is that $angle rotates each letter instead of rotating the entire word (could be seen as a feature on its own). I hope this is of some use to someone. - KeepSake <?php // Required header (assuming we use png images) header("Content-type: image/png"); // Create a basic image with a dark background. $image = imagecreatetruecolor(300, 20); imagefill($image, 0, 0, imagecolorallocate($image, 21, 21, 21)); // Function call, arguments are the same as imagefttext, expect that (array)$extrainfo takes a new paramenter called character_spacing. $imageBox = imagefttext2($image, 9, 0, 2, 15, imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 255, 255), 'tahomabold.ttf', 'The quick brown fox...', array('character_spacing' => 5)); // Output the file, and clear the resources imagepng($image); imagedestroy($image); function imagefttext2($imageResource, $font_size, $text_angle, $start_x, $start_y, $color, $font_file, $text, $extra_info = array()) { if($extra_info['character_spacing'] == NULL || !is_numeric($extra_info['character_spacing'])) { $extra_info['character_spacing'] = 0; } $lastX = $start_x - $extra_info['character_spacing']; foreach(str_split($text) as $v) { $coordinates = imagefttext($imageResource, $font_size, $text_angle, $lastX + $extra_info['character_spacing'], $start_y, $color, $font_file, $v, $extra_info); $lastX = max($coordinates[2], $coordinates[4]); } // Return the newly generated image box coordinates: return array($start_x, $start_y, $coordinates[2], $coordinates[3], $coordinates[4], $coordinates[5], $start_x, $coordinates[7]); } ?> ---- Server IP: 87.124.86.41 Probable Submitter: 90.152.4.38 (proxied: 90.152.4.38) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagefttext.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/93593 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93593/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93593/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93593/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93593/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93593/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93593/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93593 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/93593 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php