This function calculates and returns the bounding box in pixels for a TrueType text.
size
The font size in pixels
angle
Angle in degrees in which text
will be measured
fontfile
The name of the TrueType font file (can be a URL). Depending on which version of the GD library that PHP is using, it may attempt to search for files that do not begin with a leading '/' by appending '.ttf' to the filename and searching along a library-defined font path
text
The string to be measured
imagettfbbox() returns an array with 8 elements representing four points making the bounding box of the text:
0 | lower left corner, X position |
1 | lower left corner, Y position |
2 | lower right corner, X position |
3 | lower right corner, Y position |
4 | upper right corner, X position |
5 | upper right corner, Y position |
6 | upper left corner, X position |
7 | upper left corner, Y position |
The points are relative to the text regardless of the
angle
, so "upper left" means in the top left-hand
corner seeing the text horizontally.