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php imagettftext new line

H I have a question how i can break text in few line with imagettftext.
My project is i have image with blank space. I need to put there some text llike paragraph. I need some how break it in few line and put it there so it look fine and it not come out the limit of border.

EMB01

I think you can only position it by XYZ coordinates. So, I would just explode my input by newline and foreach newline put a new imagettftext with the proper coordinates. I've never used it, so there may be an easier way, but here's the idea:

<?php
// define var
$var = <<<INPUT
this is the first line
this is the second line
INPUT;

// explode by newline
$lines = explode("\n", $var);

// define y coord
$y = 20;

// foreach newline, create text with new y coords
foreach ($lines as $line) {
imagettftext($im, 20, 0, 10, $y, $black, $font, $text);

}

EMB01

... i accidentally submitted the page, i'm working on the complete code...

EMB01

This should point you in the right direction.

// define var
$var = <<<INPUT
this is the first line
this is the second line
INPUT;

// explode by newline
$lines = explode("\n", $var);

// define y coord
$y = 20;

// foreach newline, create text with new y coords
foreach ($lines as $line) {
    imagettftext($im, 20, 0, 10, $y, $black, $font, $text);
    $y += 10;
}

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EMB01

Sorry for multiple posts, i forgot to add one thing:

// define var
$var = <<<INPUT
this is the first line
this is the second line
INPUT;

// explode by newline
$lines = explode("\n", $var);

// define y coord
$y = 20;

// foreach newline, create text with new y coords
foreach ($lines as $line) {
    imagettftext($im, 20, 0, 10, $y, $black, $font, $line);
    $y += 10;
}

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umaxim

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