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<?php
/*
text to image converter
daftlogic 
www.daftlogic.com
*/
Header("Content-type: image/png");
class textPNG 
{
    var $font = 'fonts/TIMES.TTF'; //default font. directory relative to script directory.
    var $msg = "no text"; // default text to display.
    var $size = 24; // default font size.
    var $rot = 0; // rotation in degrees.
    var $pad = 0; // padding.
    var $transparent = 1; // transparency set to on.
    var $red = 0; // black text...
    var $grn = 0;
    var $blu = 0;
    var $bg_red = 255; // on white background.
    var $bg_grn = 255;
    var $bg_blu = 255;
    
    function draw() 
    {
        $width = 0;
        $height = 0;
        $offset_x = 0;
        $offset_y = 0;
        $bounds = array();
        $image = "";
    
        // get the font height.
        $bounds = ImageTTFBBox($this->size, $this->rot, $this->font, "W");
        if ($this->rot < 0) 
        {
            $font_height = abs($bounds[7]-$bounds[1]);        
        } 
        else if ($this->rot > 0) 
        {
        $font_height = abs($bounds[1]-$bounds[7]);
        } 
        else 
        {
            $font_height = abs($bounds[7]-$bounds[1]);
        }
        // determine bounding box.
        $bounds = ImageTTFBBox($this->size, $this->rot, $this->font, $this->msg);
        if ($this->rot < 0) 
        {
            $width = abs($bounds[4]-$bounds[0]);
            $height = abs($bounds[3]-$bounds[7]);
            $offset_y = $font_height;
            $offset_x = 0;
        } 
        else if ($this->rot > 0) 
        {
            $width = abs($bounds[2]-$bounds[6]);
            $height = abs($bounds[1]-$bounds[5]);
            $offset_y = abs($bounds[7]-$bounds[5])+$font_height;
            $offset_x = abs($bounds[0]-$bounds[6]);
        } 
        else
        {
            $width = abs($bounds[4]-$bounds[6]);
            $height = abs($bounds[7]-$bounds[1]);
            $offset_y = $font_height;;
            $offset_x = 0;
        }
        
        $image = imagecreate($width+($this->pad*2)+1,$height+($this->pad*2)+1);
        $background = ImageColorAllocate($image, $this->bg_red, $this->bg_grn, $this->bg_blu);
        $foreground = ImageColorAllocate($image, $this->red, $this->grn, $this->blu);
    
        if ($this->transparent) ImageColorTransparent($image, $background);
        ImageInterlace($image, false);
    
        // render the image
        ImageTTFText($image, $this->size, $this->rot, $offset_x+$this->pad, $offset_y+$this->pad, $foreground, $this->font, $this->msg);
    
        // output PNG object.
        imagePNG($image);
        }
    }

    $text = new textPNG;

    if (isset($msg)) $text->msg = $msg; // text to display
    if (isset($font)) $text->font = $font; // font to use (include directory if needed).
    if (isset($size)) $text->size = $size; // size in points
    if (isset($rot)) $text->rot = $rot; // rotation
    if (isset($pad)) $text->pad = $pad; // padding in pixels around text.
    if (isset($red)) $text->red = $red; // text color
    if (isset($grn)) $text->grn = $grn; // ..
    if (isset($blu)) $text->blu = $blu; // ..
    if (isset($bg_red)) $text->bg_red = $bg_red; // background color.
    if (isset($bg_grn)) $text->bg_grn = $bg_grn; // ..
    if (isset($bg_blu)) $text->bg_blu = $bg_blu; // ..
    if (isset($tr)) $text->transparent = $tr; // transparency flag (boolean).

    $text->draw(); // GO!!!!!
?>