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Johnson * @license https://opensource.org/licenses/mit/ The MIT License * @link https://github.com/andrewgjohnson/imagettftextblur */ if (!function_exists('imagettftextblur')) { /** * Imagettftextblur is a drop-in replacement for imagettftext() with added parameters to add blur, glow and shadow * effects to your PHP GD images. * * Examples: * ``` * * ``` * * @param \GdImage|resource $image A GdImage object (PHP 8 and newer) or an image resource * (older versions of PHP), returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor(). * @param float $size The font size in points. * @param float $angle The angle in degrees, with 0 degrees being left-to-right * reading text. Higher values represent a counter-clockwise rotation. For example, a value of 90 would result in * bottom-to-top reading text. * @param int $x The coordinates given by x and y will define the basepoint of * the first character (roughly the lower-left corner of the character). This is different from the imagestring(), * where x and y define the upper-left corner of the first character. For example, "top left" is 0, 0. * @param int $y The y-ordinate. This sets the position of the fonts baseline, * not the very bottom of the character. * @param int $color The color index. Using the negative of a color index has the * effect of turning off antialiasing. See imagecolorallocate(). * @param string $fontFilename The path to the TrueType font you wish to use. * * Depending on which version of the GD library PHP is using, when fontfile does not begin with a leading / then * .ttf will be appended to the filename and the library will attempt to search for that filename along a * library-defined font path. * * When using versions of the GD library lower than 2.0.18, a space character, rather than a semicolon, was used as * the 'path separator' for different font files. Unintentional use of this feature will result in the warning * message: Warning: Could not find/open font. For these affected versions, the only solution is moving the font to * a path which does not contain spaces. * * In many cases where a font resides in the same directory as the script using it the following trick will * alleviate any include problems. * * ``` * * ``` * @param string $text The text string in UTF-8 encoding. * * May include decimal numeric character references (of the form: €) to access characters in a font beyond * position 127. The hexadecimal format (like ©) is supported. Strings in UTF-8 encoding can be passed * directly. * * Named entities, such as ©, are not supported. Consider using html_entity_decode() to decode these named * entities into UTF-8 strings. * * If a character is used in the string which is not supported by the font, a hollow rectangle will replace the * character. * @param array|int $optionsOrBlurIntensity An array with linespacing key holding a float value. * * Note: A ninth parameter ($options) was added to imagettftext() in PHP 8. This package supports both the old and * new variants so these parameters are set up to handle both cases. The parameter descriptions assume you will be * using the PHP 8+ version with $options as the ninth parameter. * @param ?int $blurIntensityOrBlurFilter The number of times you would like to apply your filter to * your text. * * Note: A ninth parameter ($options) was added to imagettftext() in PHP 8. This package supports both the old and * new variants so these parameters are set up to handle both cases. The parameter descriptions assume you will be * using the PHP 8+ version with $options as the ninth parameter. * @param ?int $blurFilter The filter you would like applied to your text. * * Note: A ninth parameter ($options) was added to imagettftext() in PHP 8. This package supports both the old and * new variants so these parameters are set up to handle both cases. The parameter descriptions assume you will be * using the PHP 8+ version with $options as the ninth parameter. * * @return array|false Returns an array with 8 elements representing four points making the bounding box of the * text. The order of the points is lower left, lower right, upper right, upper left. The points are relative to the * text regardless of the angle, so "upper left" means in the top left-hand corner when you see the text * horizontally. Returns FALSE on error. */ function imagettftextblur( &$image, $size, $angle, $x, $y, $color, $fontFilename, $text, $optionsOrBlurIntensity = array(), $blurIntensityOrBlurFilter = null, $blurFilter = null ) { // If the $optionsOrBlurIntensity parameter is an array we assume the caller is using the PHP 8+ version of // imagettftext() with the $options parameter otherwise we assume the PHP 5/7 version is being used without the // $options parameter if (is_array($optionsOrBlurIntensity)) { $options = $optionsOrBlurIntensity; $blurIntensity = $blurIntensityOrBlurFilter; } else { $options = array(); $blurIntensity = $optionsOrBlurIntensity; $blurFilter = $blurIntensityOrBlurFilter; } // If either blur parameter is set to null, fall back to a default value $blurIntensity = $blurIntensity === null ? 0 : $blurIntensity; $blurFilter = $blurFilter === null ? IMG_FILTER_GAUSSIAN_BLUR : $blurFilter; // $blurIntensity needs to be an integer greater than zero if (is_int($blurIntensity) && $blurIntensity > 0) { // $returnArray will be returned once all calculations are complete $returnArrayDefault = array( imagesx($image), // Lower left (x coordinate) -1, // Lower left (y coordinate) -1, // Lower right (x coordinate) -1, // Lower right (y coordinate) -1, // Upper right (x coordinate) imagesy($image), // Upper right (y coordinate) imagesx($image), // Upper left (x coordinate) imagesy($image) // Upper left (y coordinate) ); $returnArray = $returnArrayDefault; // $temporaryImage is a GD image that is the same size as our original GD image $temporaryImage = imagecreatetruecolor( imagesx($image), imagesy($image) ); // Fill $temporaryImage with a black background imagefill( $temporaryImage, 0, 0, imagecolorallocate($temporaryImage, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00) ); // Add white text to $temporaryImage with the function call’s parameters $imagettftext = version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '8.0.0', '>=') ? imagettftext( $temporaryImage, $size, $angle, $x, $y, imagecolorallocate($temporaryImage, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF), $fontFilename, $text, $options ) : imagettftext( $temporaryImage, $size, $angle, $x, $y, imagecolorallocate($temporaryImage, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF), $fontFilename, $text ); if ($imagettftext !== false) { // Apply the blur filter for ($blur = 1; $blur <= $blurIntensity; $blur++) { imagefilter($temporaryImage, $blurFilter); } // Set $colorOpacity based on $color’s transparency $colorData = imagecolorsforindex($image, $color); $colorOpacity = (127 - $colorData['alpha']) / 127; // Loop through each pixel in $temporaryImage for ($temporaryX = 0; $temporaryX < imagesx($temporaryImage); $temporaryX++) { for ($temporaryY = 0; $temporaryY < imagesy($temporaryImage); $temporaryY++) { // $visibility is the grayscale of the current pixel multiplied by $colorOpacity $visibility = (imagecolorat( $temporaryImage, $temporaryX, $temporaryY ) & 0xFF) / 255 * $colorOpacity; // If the current pixel would be visible, add it to $image if ($visibility > 0) { // We are on an affected pixel so update $returnArray accordingly $returnArray = array( min($returnArray[0], $temporaryX), max($returnArray[1], $temporaryY), max($returnArray[2], $temporaryX), max($returnArray[3], $temporaryY), max($returnArray[4], $temporaryX), min($returnArray[5], $temporaryY), min($returnArray[6], $temporaryX), min($returnArray[7], $temporaryY) ); // Set the current pixel in $image imagesetpixel( $image, $temporaryX, $temporaryY, imagecolorallocatealpha( $image, $colorData['red'], $colorData['green'], $colorData['blue'], (int)round((1 - $visibility) * 127) ) ); } } } } // Destroy our $temporaryImage version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '8.0.0', '<') && imagedestroy($temporaryImage); if ($returnArray === $returnArrayDefault) { // Return false if $returnArray hasn’t changed to indicate a failure return false; } else { // Return the array of affected coordinates return $returnArray; } } else { // Return a call to imagettftext() as no $blurIntensity was received return version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '8.0.0', '>=') ? imagettftext( $image, $size, $angle, $x, $y, $color, $fontFilename, $text, $options ) : imagettftext( $image, $size, $angle, $x, $y, $color, $fontFilename, $text ); } } }