Imagick::annotateImage

(PECL imagick 2.0.0)

Annotates an image with text

bool Imagick::annotateImage ( ImagickDraw $draw_settings, float $x, float $y, float $angle, string $text )

Annotates an image with text.

Parameters:

draw_settings

The ImagickDraw object that contains settings for drawing the text

Horizontal offset in pixels to the left of text

Vertical offset in pixels to the baseline of text

angle

The angle at which to write the text

text

The string to draw

Returns:

Returns TRUE on success.

Examples:

Using Imagick::annotateImage() :

Annotate text on an empty image

<?php
/* Create some objects */
$image = new Imagick();
$draw = new ImagickDraw();
$pixel = new ImagickPixel( 'gray' );
 
/* New image */
$image->newImage(800, 75, $pixel);
 
/* Black text */
$draw->setFillColor('black');
 
/* Font properties */
$draw->setFont('Bookman-DemiItalic');
$draw->setFontSize( 30 );
 
/* Create text */
$image->annotateImage($draw, 10, 45, 0, 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog');
 
/* Give image a format */
$image->setImageFormat('png');
 
/* Output the image with headers */
header('Content-type: image/png');
echo $image;
 
?>