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<h1 class="refname">imagecreatefromgd</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">imagecreatefromgd</span> — <span class="dc-title">Create a new image from GD file or URL</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>imagecreatefromgd</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$filename</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Create a new image from GD file or URL.
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<div class="tip"><strong class="tip">Tip</strong><p class="simpara">A URL can be used as a
filename with this function if the <a href="filesystem.configuration.html#ini.allow-url-fopen" class="link">fopen wrappers</a> have been enabled.
See <span class="function"><a href="function.fopen.html" class="function">fopen()</a></span> for more details on how to specify the
filename. See the <a href="wrappers.html" class="xref">Supported Protocols and Wrappers</a> for links to information
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">filename</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Path to the GD file.
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</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.imagecreatefromgd-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">Returns an image resource identifier on success, <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on errors.</p>
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>imagecreatefromgd()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Load the gd image<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$im </span><span style="color: #007700">= @</span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagecreatefromgd</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'./test.gd'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Test if the image was loaded<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if(!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">is_resource</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$im</span><span style="color: #007700">))<br />{<br /> die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Unable to load gd image!'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Do image operations here<br /><br />// Save the image<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagegd</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$im</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'./test_updated.gd'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagedestroy</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$im</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="para">Windows versions of PHP
prior to PHP 4.3.0 do not support access of remote files via this function,
even if <a href="filesystem.configuration.html#ini.allow-url-fopen" class="link">allow_url_fopen</a> is enabled.
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