PHP Warning: imagettfbbox(): Could not find/open font in phar

[JellyBellyDev]

Bug report

Question	Answer
Box version	3.11.0
PHP version	7.4.13
Platform with version	Docker image
Github Repo	badges/poser#65

The compilation is successful and if I go to check the extracted dir all the content is correct, but if I go to use the phar it tells me that it cannot find a font file.
Below is a small screen where I also added a var_dump of the path of the processed file.
Where am I doing wrong?
Thanks

[theofidry]

You need to be aware that the file system works differently in a PHAR:

• it is a read-only environment: you cannot add a file to the PHAR on the fly
• realpath() is broken because any PHAR path is a virtual one

I am not 100% sure what your path should be (it's been a while since I had to deal with this issue) but it looks weird that you got an absolute path resolving to the PHAR file (i.e. /Users/jellybelly/github_xcom/poser/poser.phar): if it is the correct path then fine but otherwise that might be your lead in which case you would have two solutions:

• use a relative path that would work fine in the PHAR
• use a PHAR alias and have a different path when in a PHAR

[JellyBellyDev]

Thanks @theofidry, now I try the two possible ways!
I will let you know!

[JellyBellyDev]

@theofidry if i change the path of the font file to relative works correctly!
Is there any way to check if i am running with phar or not?
Example:

if(ENV_PHAR) {
  # use the relative path
} else { 
  # use the absolute path
}

Thanks

[theofidry]

Apologies for the late reply. Hopefully you found your answer meanwhile. I added a doc entry for it still: https://github.com/box-project/box/blob/master/doc/faq.md#detecting-that-you-are-inside-a-phar