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christianberkman/imagick-text-box
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Add a simple text box to an image using PHP's Imagick Library

v1.2(2y ago)013MITPHP

Since Jun 4Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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imagick-text-box
================

[](#imagick-text-box)

Add a simple text box to an image using PHP's Imagick Library

[![Example](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/christianberkman/imagick-text-box/main/example.jpg)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/christianberkman/imagick-text-box/main/example.jpg)

Installation
============

[](#installation)

Composer:

`composer install christianberkman/imagick-text-box`

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

```
use \Imagick;
use ImagickTextBox\ImagickTextBox;

$image = new Imagick()->readImage('your-image.php');
$textBox = new ImagickTextBox($image);
$textBox->string = 'Hello World';
$textBox->draw(Imagick::GRAVITY_NORTHWEST);
```

Also see [example.php](https://github.com/christianberkman/imagick-text-box/blob/main/example.php) with a more detailed example of usage.

Public methods
==============

[](#public-methods)

- `void __construct(Imagick $image)`Construct the class and initialize ImagickDraw objects
- `void draw(int $gravity = Imagick::GRAVITY_SOUTHEST)` draw the textbox on the `Imagick $image` object
- `bool textFits()`Returns if the text fits on the given image

Public Properties
=================

[](#public-properties)

Imagick Objects
---------------

[](#imagick-objects)

All these objects are fully accessible and can be manipulated to set desired fill color, font size, etc.

- `Imagick $image` Your image object
- `ImagickDraw $text` Text object, initialized by ImagickTextBox
- `ImagickDraw $box` Box object, initializes by ImagickTextBox

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

- `string $string = 'Hello World'` The string of text to print
- `int $margin_x = 10` Margin (px) from the side (does not apply to north, south, center)
- `int $margin_y = 10` Margin (px) from the top/bottom (does not apply to west, east, center)
- `int $padding = 5` Padding (px) of text inside text box
- `int $gravity = Imagick::GRAVITY_SOUTHWEST` Imagick Gravity Constant
- `float $heightFactor = 0.6` Height factor to use. By using the default font, a factor of 1 produces a text box with a lot of vertical whitespace, 0.6 seems to do the trick.

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 13% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 71.4% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~9 days

Total

2

Last Release

749d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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