<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Output GD2 image to browser or file</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.imagegammacorrect.html">imagegammacorrect</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.imagegd.html">imagegd</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.image.html">GD and Image Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.imagegd2" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">imagegd2</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">imagegd2</span> — <span class="dc-title">Output GD2 image to browser or file</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.imagegd2-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>imagegd2</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$image</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$filename</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$chunk_size</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$type</code><span class="initializer"> = IMG_GD2_RAW</span></span> ]]] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Outputs a GD2 image to the given <em><code class="parameter">filename</code></em>. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.imagegd2-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <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">filename</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para">The path to save the file to. If not set or <strong><code>NULL</code></strong>, the raw image stream will be outputted directly.</p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">chunk_size</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Chunk size. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">type</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Either <strong><code>IMG_GD2_RAW</code></strong> or <strong><code>IMG_GD2_COMPRESSED</code></strong>. Default is <strong><code>IMG_GD2_RAW</code></strong>. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.imagegd2-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> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.imagegd2-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-3245"> <p><strong>Example #1 Outputting a GD2 image</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Create a blank image and add some text<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$im </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagecreatetruecolor</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">120</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">20</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$text_color </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagecolorallocate</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$im</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">233</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">14</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">91</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagestring</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$im</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">5</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">5</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"A Simple Text String"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$text_color</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Output the image<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagegd2</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$im</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Free up memory<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagedestroy</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$im</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-3246"> <p><strong>Example #2 Saving a GD2 image</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Create a blank image and add some text<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$im </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagecreatetruecolor</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">120</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">20</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$text_color </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagecolorallocate</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$im</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">233</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">14</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">91</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagestring</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$im</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">5</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">5</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"A Simple Text String"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$text_color</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Save the gd2 image<br />// The file format for GD2 images is .gd2, see http://www.libgd.org/GdFileFormats<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagegd2</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$im</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'simple.gd2'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Free up memory<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">imagedestroy</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$im</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.imagegd2-notes"> <h3 class="title">Notes</h3> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <span class="simpara">This function requires GD 2.0.1 or later (2.0.28 or later is recommended).</span></p></blockquote> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para"> The GD2 format is commonly used to allow fast loading of parts of images. Note that the GD2 format is only usable in GD2-compatible applications. </p> </p></blockquote> </div> <div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.imagegd2-changelog"> <h3 class="title">Changelog</h3> <p class="para"> <table class="doctable informaltable"> <thead> <tr> <th>Version</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody class="tbody"> <tr> <td>4.3.2</td> <td> <em><code class="parameter">chunk_size</code></em> and <em><code class="parameter">type</code></em> were added. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.imagegd2-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.imagegd.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">imagegd()</a> - Output GD image to browser or file</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.imagegammacorrect.html">imagegammacorrect</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.imagegd.html">imagegd</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.image.html">GD and Image Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>