John Davidson

Message:

I'm trying to generate an image with PHP using functions like:
imagecreatefrompng, imagettfbbox, imagettftext

All good, I'm able to generate the image. One issue that I have is that need the following sentence:

Hi. 0 is a nice number.

I need that 0 to be with a slash through it. Pretty much like the 0 on the top right of this image.

An alternative would be to edit the font I guess.

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My Answer:
To achieve the effect of a 0 with a slash through it in PHP, you can use a custom font that includes this character design. You can search for fonts that have this specific character or create your own custom font with the desired design.

Once you have the font file, you can use the `imagettftext` function in PHP to draw the text on the image. Here's an example code snippet to generate an image with the sentence "Hi. 0 is a nice number." with a custom font that includes a slashed 0:

php
// Load the custom font file
$fontFile = 'path/to/custom/font.ttf';

// Create a new image with a white background
$image = imagecreatetruecolor(400, 100);
$white = imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 255, 255);
imagefilledrectangle($image, 0, 0, 399, 99, $white);

// Set the text color to black
$black = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 0);

// Draw the text on the image using the custom font
$text = "Hi. 0 is a nice number.";
imagettftext($image, 20, 0, 10, 50, $black, $fontFile, $text);

// Output the image
header('Content-Type: image/png');
imagepng($image);

// Free up memory
imagedestroy($image);


Make sure to replace `'path/to/custom/font.ttf'` with the actual path to your custom font file. This code will generate an image with the desired text using the custom font with a slashed 0 character.