convert text to image in php [duplicate]

Answer 1

$image = imagecreate(widthyouwant,heightyouwant);
$bg = imagecolorallocatealpha($image,255,255,255,0);
$black = imagecolorallocate($image,255,255,255);
imagettftext($image,fontsize, 0, x, y, $black, "fontlocation", $_GET['text']);
header('Content-Type: image/png');
imagepng($image);

You could then display the image by going I think thats correct, been awhile since I've done this.