PHP imagettftext invalid font filename

Question

I am trying to create an image with text by using imagettftext. It is telling me Warning: imagettftext(): Invalid font filename in C:\xampp\htdocs\recentpost.php on line 32. Here is the code on line 32 I am using to add the text

imagettftext($img, 12, 0, 20, 1, $black, "../fonts/arial.ttf", "News!");

I copied the font right out of the C:/Windows/Fonts folder so it is a valid font.

Answer 1

Try something like:

$font = dirname(__FILE__) . '/arial.ttf';
//OR
$font = dirname(__FILE__) . '/fonts/arial.ttf';    
imagettftext($img, 12, 0, 20, 1, $black, $font, "News!");

Hope it helps

Answer 2

Have you tried using

imagettftext($img, 12, 0, 20, 1, $black, "../fonts/arial.TTF", "News!");

instead? (.TTF instead of .ttf)

and @Fab, you can use both \ and / on windows.