CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Pankaj
Pankaj

Reputation: 10105

Warning - Invalid font filename

Problem

I get a run time error which says - Invalid font filename. I am using XAMPP in Window 8.1

It seems like I need to map any path of fonts folder present in the C:\XAMPP or please suggest.

$jpg_image = imagecreatefromjpeg('sunset.jpg');
$white = imagecolorallocate($jpg_image, 255, 255, 255);
$font_path = 'font.TTF';
$text = "This is a sunset!";
imagettftext($jpg_image, 25, 0, 75, 300, $white, $font_path, $text);

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1183

Answers (2)

Syscall
Syscall

Reputation: 19780

You have to define the path using putenv :

putenv('GDFONTPATH=' . realpath('.'));
$font_path = 'font'; // no .ttf

Have a look to http://php.net/imagettftext .

Upvotes: 2

Ivan86
Ivan86

Reputation: 5708

When you are setting fonts for the imagettftext() you need to start the font name with a / otherwise .TTF will be added automatically.

Depending on which version of the GD library PHP is using, when fontfile does not begin with a leading / then .ttf will be appended to the filename and the library will attempt to search for that filename along a library-defined font path.

resource: php.net/imagettftext.

So your font declaration should look like this:

// this is if your font is in the default GD directory
$font_path = 'font';

// default directory is set by
putenv('GDFONTPATH=' . realpath('.'));

or you could specify the whole path to the font:

// font is in some other directory
$font_path = '/path/to/font.ttf';

Upvotes: 1

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