How to add text in QR code Image using Laravel 7 - php

Question

I am using SimpleSoftwareIO (https://www.simplesoftware.io/simple-qrcode/) to generate QR Code in Laravel but I need to add text under QR code and when we download, it should download with text.
By using the below code I am able to create QR code:
In controller
$data="Hello";
$path = "logo.png";
$png = QrCode::format('png')->merge($path, .17, true)->size(300)->errorCorrection('H')->generate($data);
$png = base64_encode($png);
In blade file
<img src='data:image/png;base64,{{ $png }}'>
looking for something like this and it should be image

Answer 1

Your text could be another Image. In Intervention Package you can merge two images vertically to achieve this after the QR code generates.
see: http://image.intervention.io/api/insert
or you can use PHP default function imagecopymerge
see: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagecopymerge.php
example:(from official docs)
<?php
// Create image instances
$dest = imagecreatefromgif('php.gif');
$src = imagecreatefromgif('php.gif');
// Copy and merge
imagecopymerge($dest, $src, 10, 10, 0, 0, 100, 47, 75);
// Output and free from memory
header('Content-Type: image/gif');
imagegif($dest);
imagedestroy($dest);
imagedestroy($src);
?>