PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagettftext()

Question

Why am I getting the error PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagettftext() on line 29?

Answer 1

For a Docker container with an Apache 7.3 , the following is working for me:

FROM php:7.3.10-apache

RUN apt-get install -y libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libfreetype6-dev \
  && docker-php-ext-configure gd \
     --with-freetype-dir=/usr/include/freetype2 \
     --with-png-dir=/usr/include \
     --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/include \
  && docker-php-ext-install gd

It's basically a cleaned up version as provided by Alfred Huang - without mcrypt and mbstring.

Answer 2

For a Docker container with PHP 7.4, use these commands to install the extension:

docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype
docker-php-ext-install gd

Using the previous approach results in:

configure: error: unrecognized options: --with-freetype-dir

Relevant comment.

Answer 3

Just recompile extension gd.so, under folder php/ext/gd

./configure --with-php-config=/usr/local/php5/bin/php-config --with-freetype-dir=/usr/ --enable-gd-native-ttf

Answer 4

I solve the same issue on my docker php:7-fpm enviroment, and I post the solution here:

---

If using Dockerfile to setup the enviroment

# more Dockerfile  
FROM php:fpm 
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    libfreetype6-dev \
        libmcrypt-dev \
        libpng12-dev \
        libjpeg-dev \
        libpng-dev
    && docker-php-ext-install iconv mcrypt \
    && docker-php-ext-configure gd \
        --enable-gd-native-ttf \
        --with-freetype-dir=/usr/include/freetype2 \
        --with-png-dir=/usr/include \
        --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/include \
    && docker-php-ext-install gd \
    && docker-php-ext-install mbstring \
    && docker-php-ext-enable gd

If want to add the FreeType module on an exist container:

# on docker host machine
docker exec -it $FPM_CONTAINER bash

>>>>

# inside the container
apt-get install -y \
        libfreetype6-dev \
        libmcrypt-dev \
        libpng12-dev \
        libjpeg-dev \
        libpng-dev
docker-php-ext-configure gd \
        --enable-gd-native-ttf \
        --with-freetype-dir=/usr/include/freetype2 \
        --with-png-dir=/usr/include \
        --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/include \
    && docker-php-ext-install gd

exit

<<<<

docker restart $FPM_CONTAINER

Answer 5

According to the PHP manual entry for imagettftext():

This function requires both the GD library and the » FreeType library.

You must be missing one or both of the required libraries in your PHP build.