IMAGEGD2(3)								 1							       IMAGEGD2(3)

imagegd2 - Output GD2 image to browser or file

SYNOPSIS

       bool imagegd2 (resource	$image, [string  $filename], [int  $chunk_size], [int  $type = IMG_GD2_RAW])

DESCRIPTION

	Outputs a GD2 image to the given $filename.

PARAMETERS

	      o $
		image -An image resource, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor(3).

	      o $filename
		-The path to save the file to. If not set or NULL, the raw image stream will be outputted directly.

	      o $chunk_size
		- Chunk size.

	      o $type
		- Either IMG_GD2_RAW or IMG_GD2_COMPRESSED. Default is IMG_GD2_RAW.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      Outputting a GD2 image

	      <?php
	      // Create a blank image and add some text
	      $im = imagecreatetruecolor(120, 20);
	      $text_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 233, 14, 91);
	      imagestring($im, 1, 5, 5,  "A Simple Text String", $text_color);

	      // Output the image
	      imagegd2($im);

	      // Free up memory
	      imagedestroy($im);
	      ?>

       Example #2

	      Saving a GD2 image

	      <?php
	      // Create a blank image and add some text
	      $im = imagecreatetruecolor(120, 20);
	      $text_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 233, 14, 91);
	      imagestring($im, 1, 5, 5,  "A Simple Text String", $text_color);

	      // Save the gd2 image
	      // The file format for GD2 images is .gd2, see http://www.libgd.org/GdFileFormats
	      imagegd2($im, 'simple.gd2');

	      // Free up memory
	      imagedestroy($im);
	      ?>

NOTES

       Note

	      This function requires GD 2.0.1 or later (2.0.28 or later is recommended).

       Note

	       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.

SEE ALSO

       imagegd(3).

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