Measuring a string in PHP?

Question

ASP has a MeasureString function that returns the width, in pixels, of a string given a certain font/size. Is this possible in PHP?

Answer 1

Yes, using GD library.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagettfbbox.php

this is for text rendered on an image. Text width varies a bit depending on the browser, OS (font smoothing, different rendering)

Answer 2

Perhaps you could use the imagettfbbox function if you have GD installed