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<h1 class="refname">imageellipse</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">imageellipse</span> — <span class="dc-title">Draw an ellipse</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.imageellipse-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>imageellipse</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$image</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$cx</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$cy</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$width</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$height</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$color</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Draws an ellipse centered at the specified coordinates.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.imageellipse-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">
image</code></em></span><dd>
<p class="para">An image resource, returned by one of the image creation functions,
such as <span class="function"><a href="function.imagecreatetruecolor.html" class="function">imagecreatetruecolor()</a></span>.</p></dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">cx</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
x-coordinate of the center.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">cy</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
y-coordinate of the center.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">width</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The ellipse width.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">height</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The ellipse height.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">color</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The color of the ellipse. A color identifier created with
<span class="function"><a href="function.imagecolorallocate.html" class="function">imagecolorallocate()</a></span>.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.imageellipse-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.imageellipse-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-3224">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>imageellipse()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Create a blank image.<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$image </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagecreatetruecolor</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">400</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">300</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Select the background color.<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$bg </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagecolorallocate</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$image</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Fill the background with the color selected above.<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagefill</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$image</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$bg</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Choose a color for the ellipse.<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$col_ellipse </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagecolorallocate</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$image</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">255</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">255</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">255</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Draw the ellipse.<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">imageellipse</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$image</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">200</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">150</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">300</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">200</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$col_ellipse</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Output the image.<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">header</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-type: image/png"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagepng</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$image</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
<div class="mediaobject">
<div class="imageobject">
<img src="images/21009b70229598c6a80eef8b45bf282b-imageellipse.png" alt="Output of example : imageellipse()" width="400" height="300" />
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</p>
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.imageellipse-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
This function requires GD 2.0.2 or later.
</p>
</p></blockquote>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.imageellipse-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.imagefilledellipse.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">imagefilledellipse()</a> - Draw a filled ellipse</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.imagearc.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">imagearc()</a> - Draws an arc</span></li>
</ul>
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