Error generating CAPTCHA (maybe font missing?)!

[frankitoy]

i need help pls to solve this code
it outputs "Error generating CAPTCHA (maybe font missing?)!"

if (!function_exists('file_put_contents')) {
function file_put_contents($filename, $content) {
if (!($file = fopen($filename, 'w'))) {
return false;
}
$n = fwrite($file, $content);
fclose($file);
return $n ? $n : false;
}
}

// Start PHP session support
session_start();

$ok = false;

$msg = 'Please enter the text in the image in the field below!';

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {

if (isset($_POST['phrase']) && isset($_SESSION['phrase']) &&
strlen($_POST['phrase']) > 0 && strlen($_SESSION['phrase']) > 0 &&
$_POST['phrase'] == $_SESSION['phrase']) {
$msg = 'OK!';
$ok = true;
unset($_SESSION['phrase']);
} else {
$msg = 'Please try again!';
}

unlink(md5(session_id()) . '.png');

}

print "<p>$msg</p>";

if (!$ok) {

require_once 'Text/CAPTCHA.php';

// Set CAPTCHA image options (font must exist!)
$imageOptions = array(
'font_size' => 24,
);

// Set CAPTCHA options
$options = array(
'width' => 200,
'height' => 80,
'output' => 'png',
'imageOptions' => $imageOptions
);

// Generate a new Text_CAPTCHA object, Image driver
$c = Text_CAPTCHA::factory('Image');
$retval = $c->init($options);
if (PEAR::isError($retval)) {
echo 'Error initializing CAPTCHA!';
exit;
}

// Get CAPTCHA secret passphrase
$_SESSION['phrase'] = $c->getPhrase();

// Get CAPTCHA image (as PNG)
$png = $c->getCAPTCHA();
if (PEAR::isError($png)) {
echo 'Error generating CAPTCHA (maybe font missing?)!';
exit;
}
file_put_contents(md5(session_id()) . '.png', $png);

echo '<form method="post">' .
'<img src="' . md5(session_id()) . '.png?' . time() . '" />' .
'<input type="text" name="phrase" />' .
'<input type="submit" /></form>';
}
?>

[mark]

Replacing
if (PEAR::isError($png)) {
echo 'Error generating CAPTCHA (maybe font missing?)!';
exit;
}

by
if (PEAR::isError($png)) {
die($png->getMessage() . '<br />' . $png->getDebugInfo());
}

will tell you more.

[robertos]

Hello,

I'm trying the first example from the Captcha pakage(wich tries to create a png) and i get the following error: Error initializing Image_Text (font missing?!).

This is form from my phpinfo():
./configure...........' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr'...........and this:

GD Support enabled
GD Version bundled (2.0.28 compatible)
FreeType Support enabled
FreeType Linkage with freetype
FreeType Version 2.2.1

and the command locate ttf | grep -i COUR.TTF gives me:
/usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts/cour.ttf

so perhaps i should recompile php with a different path to freetype?But i'm not sure exactly which path.......any ideas?Thanks.
Is there a freetype extention available with yum?(I'm using FC6) .

Thanks

[mark]

Do you have Image_Text installed?

[robertos]

Yes:
pear install Image_Text
pear/Image_Text is already installed and is newer than detected release version 0.5.2beta2

[osde.info]

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PhpPear

$ sudo -i
# cd /usr/share/php/Image/Canvas
# ln -s /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/ Fonts
$

http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=3487
http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=5994