PHP | ImagickDraw setGravity() Function

The ImagickDraw::setGravity() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to set the text placement gravity when annotating with text.

Syntax:

bool ImagickDraw::setGravity( $gravity )

Parameters: This function accepts single parameter $gravity which is used to hold the value of gravity as GRAVITY_ constant.

List of GRAVITY constants are given below:

• imagick::GRAVITY_NORTHWEST (integer)
• imagick::GRAVITY_NORTH (integer)
• imagick::GRAVITY_NORTHEAST (integer)
• imagick::GRAVITY_WEST (integer)
• imagick::GRAVITY_CENTER (integer)
• imagick::GRAVITY_EAST (integer)
• imagick::GRAVITY_SOUTHWEST (integer)
• imagick::GRAVITY_SOUTH (integer)
• imagick::GRAVITY_SOUTHEAST (integer)

Return Value: This function does not return any value.

Below programs illustrate the ImagickDraw::setGravity() function in PHP:

Program 1:

<?php

// Create an ImagickDraw object
$draw = new ImagickDraw();

// Set the image filled color
$draw->setFillColor('Green');

// Set the Font Size
$draw->setFontSize(30);

// Set the Gravity Position
$draw->setGravity(5);

// Set the font family
$draw->setFontFamily('Ani');

// Set the text to be added
$draw->annotation(30, 40, "GeeksForGeeks");

// Create new Imagick object
$imagick = new Imagick();'

// Set the image dimension
$imagick->newImage(300, 150, 'white');

// Set the image format
$imagick->setImageFormat("png");

// Draw the image
$imagick->drawImage($draw);
header("Content-Type: image/png");

// Display the image
echo $imagick->getImageBlob();
?>

Output:

Program 2:

<?php

// Create an ImagickDraw object
$draw = new ImagickDraw();

// Set the image filled color
$draw->setFillColor('green');

// Set the font size
$draw->setFontSize(60);

// Set the Gravity Position
$draw->setGravity(2);

// Set the text decoration
$draw->setTextDecoration(4);

// Set the text to be added
$draw->annotation(50, 75, "GeeksForGeeks");

// Create new Imagick object
$imagick = new Imagick();

// Set the image dimensions
$imagick->newImage(600, 160, 'white');

// Set the image format
$imagick->setImageFormat("png");

// Draw the image
$imagick->drawImage($draw);
header("Content-Type: image/png");

// Display the image
echo $imagick->getImageBlob();
?>

Output:

Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/imagickdraw.setgravity.php