Small note, TTF library is not thread safe, meaning that in Win32 enviroment it may not operate well.

I have problems too, the same OS (Win2k sp3) with php_gd.dll and php_gd2.dll and php 4.2.3 & php 4.3.0RC4
php installed as an Apache 1.3.24 module
I use the gd only to produce small png, and i get error using imagettfbbox with this script:

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<?php
Header("Content-type: image/png");

$angle = 0;
$font_size = 11;
$font_file="font/arial.ttf";	
$taille=imagettfbbox(1, $angle, $font_file, $text);
$hauteur = 2*$font_size;
$largeur = abs($taille[0]-$taille[4]) + 1.5*$hauteur;

$img = imagecreate($largeur,$hauteur);
		 
$bleu = imagecolorallocate($img, 57, 50, 139	
$coul_texte = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 255, 255);	

//text alignement...
if...
//returns $x_text and $y_text

imagettftext($img, $font_size, $angle, $x_text, $y_text, $coul_texte, $font_file, $text);
	
imagepng($img);
imagedestroy($img);
?>
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the results :

- php 4.2.3 with php_gd.dll
99% CPU used and a lot of ram, forced to stop apache service
nothing appears in the php error log.

- php 4.2.3 with php_gd2.dll
"Unable to find font" warning, with a relative link to the font or with an absolute link.
no image is drawn.

- php 4.3.0RC4 with php_gd.dll
99% CPU used and a lot of ram, forced to stop apache service
nothing appears in the php error log.

- php 4.3.0RC4 with php_gd2.dll
"Could not set character size" warning... Don't know why... And the strange thing is that sometimes the image is drawn, and sometimes not.

the script worked before on php 4.2.1, gd2, apache 1.3.?.

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip

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I have the same kinf of problem under IIS5, W2K SP4, PHP 4.3.3

After multiple display, I've got this error on all GD images:

imagettfbbox(): Could not set character size

The first problem is that I usally have broken GD images. But if I do a right-click + Show image, it comes back.
And I don't know the reason of this problem...

Thanks for your help

We are also having problem under Apache/PHP4.3.3 under W2K...

So, is GD2 really stable ?

Thanks,

David

Here is my script :

<?
require("./../configuration/configuration.php");
$largeur_txt = 6;
$taille_txt = 7;

$fontfile = "c:\WINNT\FONTS\arial.ttf";

Header("Content-type: image/png");
$matrice = "./../images/".$couleur ."_" .$style .".png";
$lg_matrice_cote = 12;
$lg_matrice_centre = 10;

$string = stripslashes($text);

If (strlen($string) >= 2) {
	// size, angle, font file, text
	$tab = imagettfbbox($taille_txt,0,$fontfile,$string);
	$largeur_txt = $tab[2];
}

$lg = $largeur_txt + 26;
$ht = 17;
		
$lg_dst_milieu = $largeur_txt + 2;
$x_dst_d = $lg_dst_milieu + $lg_matrice_cote - 1;

$x_src_d = $lg_matrice_cote + $lg_matrice_centre;

$im_dst = imagecreate($lg,$ht);
$im_src = imagecreatefrompng($matrice);

imagecopyresized($im_dst, $im_src, 0, 0, 0, 0, $lg_matrice_cote, $ht, $lg_matrice_cote, $ht);

imagecopyresized($im_dst, $im_src, $lg_matrice_cote, 0, $lg_matrice_cote, 0, $lg_dst_milieu, $ht, $lg_matrice_centre, $ht);

imagecopyresized($im_dst, $im_src, $x_dst_d, 0, $x_src_d, 0, $lg_matrice_cote, $ht, $lg_matrice_cote, $ht);

$red = hexdec(substr($couleur_text,0,2));
$green = hexdec(substr($couleur_text,2,2));
$blue = hexdec(substr($couleur_text,4,2));

$couleur = ImageColorAllocate($im_dst, $red, $green, $blue);

if ($style == "l") {
   $px = $lg_matrice_cote + 3;
} else {
   $px = $lg_matrice_cote - 6;
}
if ($style == "b") {
   $py = $taille_txt + 4;
} else {
   $py = $taille_txt + 3;
}

imagettftext($im_dst,$taille_txt,0,$px,$py,$couleur,$fontfile,$string);
Imagepng($im_dst,'',100);
ImageDestroy($im_dst);
?>