php gd - How to add text shadow to overlay text using PHP -


i want add overlay text text shadow image. far have been able achieve this
// top text imagettftext($im, $font_size+2, 0, $text1_params['centered_start'], $font_size+$margin, $black, $font, $text1_params['text'] ); imagettftext($im, $font_size, 0, $text1_params['centered_start'], $font_size+$margin, $white, $font, $text1_params['text'] ); // bottom text imagettftext($im, $font_size, 0, $text2_params['centered_start'] , $image_height-$text2_params['height']+$font_size+$margin, $black, $font, $text2_params['text'] ); imagettftext($im, $font_size, 0, $text2_params['centered_start']-2, $image_height-$text2_params['height']+$font_size+$margin-2, $white, $font, $text2_params['text'] );

this result looks like-

enter image description here want this(notice subtle difference in both text shadows)-

enter image description here

a hackish way render black text 8 times. first time offset top left, top center, top right, left, , on. may leave outline that's missing pixels in few places won't noticeable.


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