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ImagickDraw::setGravity

(PECL imagick 2, PECL imagick 3)

ImagickDraw::setGravitySets the text placement gravity

Description

public ImagickDraw::setGravity(int $gravity): bool
Warning

This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.

Sets the text placement gravity to use when annotating with text.

Parameters

gravity

One of the GRAVITY constant (imagick::GRAVITY_*).

Return Values

No value is returned.

Examples

Example #1 ImagickDraw::setGravity() example

<?php
function setGravity($fillColor, $strokeColor, $backgroundColor) {

$draw = new \ImagickDraw();
$draw->setStrokeColor($strokeColor);
$draw->setFillColor($fillColor);
$draw->setStrokeWidth(1);
$draw->setFontSize(24);

$gravitySettings = array(
\Imagick::GRAVITY_NORTHWEST => 'NorthWest',
\Imagick::GRAVITY_NORTH => 'North',
\Imagick::GRAVITY_NORTHEAST => 'NorthEast',
\Imagick::GRAVITY_WEST => 'West',
\Imagick::GRAVITY_CENTER => 'Centre',
\Imagick::GRAVITY_SOUTHWEST => 'SouthWest',
\Imagick::GRAVITY_SOUTH => 'South',
\Imagick::GRAVITY_SOUTHEAST => 'SouthEast',
\Imagick::GRAVITY_EAST => 'East'
);

$draw->setFont("../fonts/Arial.ttf");

foreach (
$gravitySettings as $type => $description) {
$draw->setGravity($type);
$draw->annotation(50, 50, '"' . $description . '"');
}

$imagick = new \Imagick();
$imagick->newImage(500, 500, $backgroundColor);
$imagick->setImageFormat("png");
$imagick->drawImage($draw);

header("Content-Type: image/png");
echo
$imagick->getImageBlob();
}

?>

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alan at ridersite dot org
17 years ago
Gravity constants are very useful as they can save having to calculate the placement of variable text strings and font sizes.

For example:
$draw->setGravity (Imagick::GRAVITY_CENTER);
$image->annotateImage($draw, 0, 0, 0, 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog');

Will horizontally and vertically center the text string.

Note, there are several gravity constants available. See, Constants — Imagick class constants
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bcre8ve at gmail dot com
11 years ago
It appears that the GRAVITY constants have an integer equivalent:
NORTHWEST = 1
NORTH = 2
NORTHEAST = 3
WEST = 4
CENTER = 5
EAST = 6
SOUTHWEST = 7
SOUTH = 8
SOUTHEAST = 9
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