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imagechar

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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Draw a character horizontally

Description

imagechar(GdImage $image, GdFont|int $font, int $x, int $y, string $char, int $color): true

imagechar() draws the first character of char in the image identified by image with its upper-left at x,y (top left is 0, 0) with the color color.

Parameters

x: x-coordinate of the start.
y: y-coordinate of the start.
char: The character to draw.
color: Color

Return Values

Always

Changelog

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Examples

imagechar() example

php

<?php

$im = imagecreate(100, 100);

$string = 'PHP';

$bg = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
$black = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);

// prints a black "P" in the top left corner
imagechar($im, 1, 0, 0, $string, $black);

header('Content-type: image/png');
imagepng($im);

?>

The above example will output something similar to: Output of example : imagechar()