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imagecreatefrompng

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

imagecreatefrompngCreate a new image from file or URL

Description

resource imagecreatefrompng ( string $filename )

imagecreatefrompng() returns an image identifier representing the image obtained from the given filename.

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 PNG image.

Return Values

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

Examples

Example #1 Example to handle an error during loading of a PNG

<?php
function LoadPNG($imgname)
{
    
/* Attempt to open */
    
$im = @imagecreatefrompng($imgname);

    
/* See if it failed */
    
if(!$im)
    {
        
/* Create a blank image */
        
$im  imagecreatetruecolor(15030);
        
$bgc imagecolorallocate($im255255255);
        
$tc  imagecolorallocate($im000);

        
imagefilledrectangle($im0015030$bgc);

        
/* Output an error message */
        
imagestring($im155'Error loading ' $imgname$tc);
    }

    return 
$im;
}

header('Content-Type: image/png');

$img LoadPNG('bogus.image');

imagepng($img);
imagedestroy($img);
?>

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.


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