How to Generate image from text with Laravel 10

Numerous articles on generating images from text using the intervention image package can be found on the internet; however, they tend to be flawed. To create an image from a string, please adhere to the straightforward steps provided below.

Step : 1 – Installation of Laravel Application

I hope you already installed laravel.

Step : 2 – Add package on your Laravel project

Now you need below package for image create and modify.

composer require intervention/image

Step : 3 – Add provider path and alias path

Once your installation done add this to config/app.php

'providers' => ServiceProvider::defaultProviders()->merge([
        ....
        ....
        Intervention\Image\ImageServiceProvider::class,
])->toArray(),

'aliases' => Facade::defaultAliases()->merge([
        'Image' => Intervention\Image\Facades\Image::class,  
])->toArray(),

Step 4 : Create route

route/web.php

Route::get('/generate-image-horizental',[HomePageController::class,"createImage"]);

Step 5 : Create Function for Image Generate

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\App;
use Intervention\Image\Facades\Image;

class HomePageController extends Controller
{
    public function index(){
        $locale = App::currentLocale();
        return view('home_page');
    }

    public function createImage(){
        $path = public_path('assets/images/blank.jpeg');

        $img = Image::make($path);

        $file_name = time().'_'.'readytocode.net';

        $img->text('readytocode.net', 300, 200,function ($font) {
            $font->file(public_path('/Fonts/sagitty-list.ttf'));
            $font->size(54);
            $font->color('#000000');
            $font->align('center');
            $font->valign('middle');
            $font->angle(0);
        });

        $img->save(public_path('pictures/'.$file_name.'.png'));
    }
}

Step 6 – Run your project

php artisan serv

http://127.0.0.1:8000/generate-image-horizental

Output:

You can use your desire font and color.

Explanation (Must Read)

$path = public_path('assets/images/blank.jpeg');

Initially, it’s necessary to generate a standard underlying image possessing a backdrop shade utilizing paint or any alternative picture editing software. Subsequently, the script is adjusted to output the text on this picture. In this case, I formed an image having a black backdrop entitled blank.jpeg utilizing paint, having a picture resolution of 600 x 400.

$font->file(public_path('/Fonts/sagitty-list.ttf'));

If you don’t specify the font file path, an error will be displayed. To prevent this, I searched for “sagitty-list.ttf” on Google and downloaded it to my project’s Fonts directory. Following that, I assigned the font path in the function.

$img->save(public_path('pictures/'.$file_name.'.png'));

Specify the directory where you wish to store the newly created image and name the file as you see fit.

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