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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Thanks for the suggestion.<br><br>Actually, my problem was in the font and size definitions. <br>Once I happened upon those assignments (below in the // Label section)<br>my label text magically appeared. <br><br>You would think the text would default to something like everything else.<br><br>Thank you for all the feedback!<br>


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<pre class="western">// Layer 3 airports--------------------------------------------------------


// Point Symbol

$nSymbolId = ms_newSymbolObj($oMap, "circle");

$oSymbol = $oMap->getsymbolobjectbyid($nSymbolId);

$oSymbol->set("type", MS_SYMBOL_ELLIPSE);

$oSymbol->set("filled", MS_TRUE);

$aPoints[0] = 1;

$aPoints[1] = 1;

$oSymbol->setpoints($aPoints);


// Layer

$oLayerAirports = ms_newLayerObj($oMap);

$oLayerAirports->setConnectionType(MS_POSTGIS);

$oLayerAirports->set("name", "airports");

$oLayerAirports->set("type", MS_LAYER_POINT); # This is crucial

//$oLayerAirports->set("type", MS_LAYER_ANNOTATION); # This is crucial

$oLayerAirports->set("status", MS_DEFAULT);

$oLayerAirports->set("labelitem", "icao");

//$oLayerAirports->set("classitem", "MyAirports");

$oLayerAirports->set("connection", "host=xxx port=xxx dbname=xxx user=xxx password=xxx");

$oLayerAirports->set("data", "geom From (select a.icao, geom From airports a left join airportdata e on a.icao = e.icao where e.icao Is Not Null) as subquery using unique icao using srid=4326"); 


// Class with Labels

$oAirportsClass = ms_newClassObj($oLayerAirports);

$oAirportsClass->set("name","MyAirports");


// Style

$airportsStyle = ms_newStyleObj($oAirportsClass);

$airportsStyle->color->setRGB(255, 22, 22);

$airportsStyle->set("symbolname", "circle");

$airportsStyle->set("size", "3");


// Label

$oAirportsClass->label->color->setRGB(0,0,0);

<b>$oAirportsClass->label->set("font", "verdana");

$oAirportsClass->label->set("size", "tiny");</b>

$oAirportsClass->label->set("position", MS_AUTO);

$oAirportsClass->label->set("antialias", MS_TRUE);</pre>


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