(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5, PHP 7)
imagecreatefromgd2 — Create a new image from GD2 file or URL
$filename
) : resourceCreate a new image from GD2 file or URL.
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. See the Supported Protocols and Wrappers for links to information about what abilities the various wrappers have, notes on their usage, and information on any predefined variables they may provide.
filenamePath to the GD2 image.
Returns an image resource identifier on success, FALSE on errors.
Example #1 imagecreatefromgd2() example
<?php
// Load the gd2 image
$im = imagecreatefromgd2('./test.gd2');
// Apply an effect on the image, in this
// case negate the image if PHP 5+
if(function_exists('imagefilter'))
{
imagefilter($im, IMG_FILTER_NEGATE);
}
// Save the image
imagegd2($im, './test_updated.gd2');
imagedestroy($im);
?>
The GD and GD2 image formats are proprietary image formats of libgd. They have to be regarded obsolete, and should only be used for development and testing purposes.