Convert text to image?

Question

I have seen in a couple of cases when sites generate image based on text/data input. How that can be achieved with PHP?

Answer 1

I believe libGD is one of the most popular alternatives for generating images (and it has bindings for most languages used in web development).

See the documentation on PHP.net. I guess you are especially interested in imagettftext.

Answer 2

Another option: try imagick