About Image function - ImageTTFText: always get wrong chinese words from TTF. 

To correct the problem: 

690c690
<                       ch = (ch * 256) + **next;
---
>                       ch = (ch * 256) + ((**next) & 255);
705c705,709
<       *advance = glyph->metrics.advance;
---
>       
>         if ( !font->have_char_map_Unicode && (ch < 161) ) 
>               *advance = glyph->metrics.advance / 2;
>       else
>               *advance = glyph->metrics.advance;


Script to test:
<?php

// Create the image
$png = ImageCreate(200,200);
$bg = ImageColorAllocate($png,0,0,0);
$tx = ImageColorAllocate($png,255,128,128);

// Set Chinese words ("Chinese language" in Chinese Big5)
$string="????";
         
// Chinese test (need mingli.ttf from MS-Win Chinese ver)
ImageTTFText($png,30,0,0,100,$tx,"/home/staff/cchsieh/public_html/gd/mingli.ttf

// Send the image
header("content-type: image/png\n\n");
ImagePng($png);

// Destroy image
ImageDestroy($png);

?>

About Image function - ImageTTFText: always get wrong chinese words from TTF. 

To correct the problem: 

690c690
<                       ch = (ch * 256) + **next;
---
>                       ch = (ch * 256) + ((**next) & 255);
705c705,709
<       *advance = glyph->metrics.advance;
---
>       
>         if ( !font->have_char_map_Unicode && (ch < 161) ) 
>               *advance = glyph->metrics.advance / 2;
>       else
>               *advance = glyph->metrics.advance;


Script to test:
<?php

// Create the image
$png = ImageCreate(200,200);
$bg = ImageColorAllocate($png,0,0,0);
$tx = ImageColorAllocate($png,255,128,128);

// Set Chinese words ("Chinese language" in Chinese Big5)
$string="????";
         
// Chinese test (need mingli.ttf from MS-Win Chinese ver)
ImageTTFText($png,30,0,0,100,$tx,"/home/staff/cchsieh/public_html/gd/mingli.ttf

// Send the image
header("content-type: image/png\n\n");
ImagePng($png);

// Destroy image
ImageDestroy($png);

?>

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php4.3.6 freebsd 4.9 ports
still have this bug. :(

Freebsd 4.9 with mod_php 4.3.6 ports

ImageTTFText can not get GB2312 font correctly.