Try this:
exec("convert picture.jpg -font Arial-Bold -pointsize 20 -fill red -gravity southeast -draw \"text 10,10 'my text to add to picture'\" text-overlay.jpg"); That SHOULD work; if it doesn't, put \' isntead of ' as well. " is more friendly about escaping things than ' is :-) ' is for litteral things and doesn't work very well with stuff inside it. Also be sure the problem isn't somewhere further up in your code, too. It's possible you left a dangler somewhere ;-) Steve > > > > I am positive the it is due to all the "s and 's within the command, I have > tried the specialchars for quotes andapostrophes but I am still missing > something: > > > > exec('convert picture.jpg -font Arial-Bold -pointsize 20 -fill red -gravity > southeast -draw "text 10,10 \'my text to add to picture\'" > text-overlay.jpg'); > > > > If anyone has any ides on how to avoid probles with quotes andapostrophes > inside the exec() I am all ears :o) > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.386 / Virus Database: 218 - Release Date: 9/9/2002 > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php