PHP | Imagick annotateImage() Function

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The Imagick::annotateImage() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to annotates an image with text. This function returns True on success.

Syntax:

bool Imagick::annotateImage( $draw_settings, $x, $y, $angle, $text )

Parameters: This function accepts five parameters as mentioned above and described below:

$draw_settings: This parameter is used to create an ImagickDraw object that contains settings for drawing the text.
$x: This parameter is set to horizontal offset in pixels to the left of text.
$y: This parameter is set to vertical offset in pixels to the baseline of text.
$angle: The angle at which to write the text.
$text: The string which needs to draw.

Return Value: This function returns True on success.

Below programs illustrate the Imagick::annotateImage() function in PHP:

Program 1:

<?php 
/* Create some objects */
$image = new Imagick(); 
$draw = new ImagickDraw(); 
$pixel = new ImagickPixel('white'); 
  
/* New image */
$image->newImage(800, 300, $pixel); 
  
/* Black text */
$draw->setFillColor('green'); 
  
/* Font properties */
$draw->setFont('Bookman-DemiItalic'); 
$draw->setFontSize( 30 ); 
  
/* Create text */
$image->annotateImage($draw, 30, 140, 0,  
   'zambiatek: A computer science portal'); 
  
/* Give image a format */
$image->setImageFormat('png'); 
  
/* Output the image with headers */
header('Content-type: image/png'); 
echo $image; 
  
?> 

Output:

Program 2:

<?php 
  
/* Create some objects */
$image = new Imagick(); 
$draw = new ImagickDraw(); 
$image = new Imagick( 
'https://media.zambiatek.com/wp-content/uploads/zambiatek-9.png'); 
   
/* Black text */
$draw->setFillColor('green'); 
   
/* Font properties */
$draw->setFont('Bookman-DemiItalic'); 
$draw->setFontSize( 30 ); 
   
/* Create text */
$image->annotateImage($draw, 5, 120, 0,  
   'zambiatek: A computer science portal'); 
   
/* Give image a format */
$image->setImageFormat('png'); 
   
/* Output the image with headers */
header('Content-type: image/png'); 
echo $image; 
   
?> 