imagecreatefromgd

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5)

imagecreatefromgd — Create a new image from GD file or URL

Description

resource imagecreatefromgd ( string $filename )

Create a new image from GD file or URL.

Tip

A URL can be used as a filename with this function if the fopen wrappers have been enabled. See fopen() for more details on how to specify the filename and List of Supported Protocols/Wrappers for a list of supported URL protocols.

Parameters

filename: Path to the GD file.

Return Values

Returns an image resource identifier on success, FALSE on errors.

Examples

Example #1 imagecreatefromgd() example

 <?php
// Load the gd image
$im = @imagecreatefromgd('./test.gd');

// Test if the image was loaded
if(!is_resource($im))
{
     die('Unable to load gd image!');
}

// Do image operations here

// Save the image
imagegd($im, './test_updated.gd');
imagedestroy($im);
?>

Notes

Warning

Windows versions of PHP prior to PHP 4.3.0 do not support access of remote files via this function, even if allow_url_fopen is enabled.