php GD create a transparent png image

Question

I\'m trying to create a transparent png image and layer various other pngs and jpgs to create a final png with transparency. I\'m having trouble creating my initial empty tr

Answer 1

Set imagealphablending($image,true); on each new layer.

Try this:

<?php
$image = imagecreatetruecolor(485, 500);
imagealphablending($image, false);
$col=imagecolorallocatealpha($image,255,255,255,127);
imagefilledrectangle($image,0,0,485, 500,$col);
imagealphablending($image,true);

/* add door glass */
$img_doorGlass = imagecreatefrompng("glass/$doorStyle/$doorGlass.png");
imagecopyresampled($image, $img_doorGlass, 106, 15, 0, 0, 185, 450, 185, 450);
imagealphablending($image,true);

/* add door */
$img_doorStyle = imagecreatefrompng("door/$doorStyle/$doorStyle"."_"."$doorColor.png");
imagecopyresampled($image, $img_doorStyle, 106, 15, 0, 0, 185, 450, 185, 450);
imagealphablending($image,true);

$fn = md5(microtime()."door_builder").".png";

imagealphablending($image,false);
imagesavealpha($image,true);
if(imagepng($image, "user_doors/$fn", 1)){
    echo "user_doors/$fn";
}
imagedestroy($image);

?>

Answer 2

Try to replace
$col=imagecolorallocatealpha($image,255,255,255,127);
with
$col=imagecolorallocate($image,255,255,255);

and try to uncomment imagefilledrectangle line.
I can test this code - give me the pictures :)

Answer 3

This code worked for me:

$img=imagecreatetruecolor(180,20);
imagealphablending($img,false);

$col=imagecolorallocatealpha($img,255,255,255,127);
imagefilledrectangle($img,0,0,180,20,$col);
imagealphablending($img,true);

$font=$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"].'/fonts/Arial.ttf';
$color = imagecolorallocate($img, 140, 173, 209);
imagettftext($img,11,0,5,14,$color,$font,'Text goes here'); 

header('Content-Type: image/png');
imagealphablending($img,false);
imagesavealpha($img,true);
imagepng($img);