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imagestring

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

Draw a string horizontally

Description

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

Draws a string at the given coordinates.

Parameters

x: x-coordinate of the upper left corner.
y: y-coordinate of the upper left corner.
string: The string to be written.
color: Color

Return Values

Always

Changelog

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Examples

imagestring() example

php

<?php
// Create a 100*30 image
$im = imagecreate(100, 30);

// White background and blue text
$bg = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
$textcolor = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 255);

// Write the string at the top left
imagestring($im, 5, 0, 0, 'Hello world!', $textcolor);

// Output the image
header('Content-type: image/png');

imagepng($im);
?>

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