AgjGd::imagefttextfilter Example: Without Blur

With no blur intensity passed at all the method behaves exactly like imagettftext, which makes it a safe drop-in replacement. This is the same text as the with blur example and serves as the unblurred baseline to compare it against.

Source Code: examples/imagefttextfilter/04-without-blur.php

<?php

/**
 * AgjGd Example (imagefttextfilter: Without Blur)
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 * PHP version 8
 *
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 * @package   AgjGd
 * @author    Andrew G. Johnson <andrew@andrewgjohnson.com>
 * @copyright 2013–2026 Andrew G. Johnson <andrew@andrewgjohnson.com>
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use AndrewGJohnson\AgjGd;

// Load the AgjGd class directly from source, or fall back to the Composer autoloader
if (file_exists('../../source/AndrewGJohnson/AgjGd.php')) {
    require_once '../../source/AndrewGJohnson/AgjGd.php';
} elseif (file_exists('../../vendor/autoload.php')) {
    require_once '../../vendor/autoload.php';
} elseif (!class_exists('AndrewGJohnson\AgjGd')) {
    die('AndrewGJohnson\AgjGd class not found');
}

// Set the parameters for our image
$width  = 600;
$height = 300;
$size   = 20;
$font   = dirname(__DIR__) . '/NotoSans-Regular.ttf';
$string = 'This is an example that isn’t blurry';

// Measure the text in advance so that it can be centred
$textDimensions = imagettfbbox($size, 0, $font, $string);

if ($textDimensions === false) {
    die('Could not measure the text');
}

// Calculate the text’s edges
$textLeft   = min($textDimensions[0], $textDimensions[2], $textDimensions[4], $textDimensions[6]);
$textRight  = max($textDimensions[0], $textDimensions[2], $textDimensions[4], $textDimensions[6]);
$textTop    = min($textDimensions[1], $textDimensions[3], $textDimensions[5], $textDimensions[7]);
$textBottom = max($textDimensions[1], $textDimensions[3], $textDimensions[5], $textDimensions[7]);

// Calculate the text’s position
$xOffset = (int)round(($width / 2) - (($textRight - $textLeft) / 2) - $textLeft);
$yOffset = (int)round(($height / 2) - (($textBottom - $textTop) / 2) - $textTop);

// Create our image
$im = imagecreatetruecolor($width, $height);

if ($im === false) {
    die('Could not create the image');
}

// Set our image’s colors
$backgroundColor = (int)imagecolorallocate($im, 0xEE, 0xEE, 0xEE);
$textColor       = (int)imagecolorallocate($im, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00);

// Fill our image with the background color
imagefill($im, 0, 0, $backgroundColor);

// Without a blur intensity imagefttextfilter behaves exactly like imagefttext/imagettftext
AgjGd::imagefttextfilter(
    $im,
    $size,
    0,
    $xOffset,
    $yOffset,
    $textColor,
    $font,
    $string
);

// Display our image
header('Content-Type: image/png');
imagepng($im);

Expected Output: examples/imagefttextfilter/04-without-blur.png