PHP: GD library issue after server change?

Question

I'm trying to get my images scripts (class examples) to work for my College PHP class. The scripts worked on the old college Server, but the college changed their Server and now my examples have stopped working.

I set up a DEMO on two different Servers to illustrate the problem. The script I am using is shown here:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.imagettftext.php

Answer 1

I had a similar issue with imagefilter (http://php.net/manual/fr/function.imagefilter.php ). It turns out depending on the way gd is used my the server, gd isn't packaged with all it's functions (In my case it was a Debian, and gd was installed separately from PHP).

I had to use Imagick instead.