How to draw a long text to a image without wrapping it (using Imagick php)

[ivntheme]

Hi everybody,
I want to draw text in a image, using Imagick and PHP7 (support by Hostgator). I have problem when the text is very long, i don't want to wrapping (new lines), I want to scale width of the text (height is a constant).

Here is a Demo that I want.


Please tell me the solution.

My PHP code:

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if(isset($_POST["value1"])){
    $image = new Imagick('background.jpg');
$text = $_POST["value1"];
$draw = new ImagickDraw();
$draw->setFont('Arial.ttf');
$draw->setFontSize(25);
$draw->setGravity(Imagick::GRAVITY_SOUTHEAST);
$height = $image->getimageheight(); 
$width = $image->getimagewidth(); 
$centerX = $width/2;
$centerY = $height/2;
$draw->setFillColor('#fcf59c');
$image->annotateImage($draw, $centerX, $centerY, 0, "This is a long text"); 
$image->setImageFormat('png');
header('Content-type: image/png');
echo $image;
}

Many thanks!

[snibgo]

You can create an image just for the text using "label:". If the result is wider than you want, resize it down.

[ivntheme]

@snibgo I don't understand. Can you explain more

[fmw42]

See https://imagemagick.org/Usage/text/#label. Sorry, I do not know the MagickWand equivalent.

[snibgo]

What needs explaining? Create a new image for the text something like this:

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$textimage = new Imagick('label:This is a long text');

... and if that image is wider than you need then resize it down, then composite that over your main image.

I don't use PHP. Refer to documentation for the correct syntax etc.

[ivntheme]

many thanks!