php man page for imagedashedline

IMAGEDASHEDLINE(3)							 1							IMAGEDASHEDLINE(3)

imagedashedline - Draw a dashed line

SYNOPSIS
       bool imagedashedline (resource  $image, int  $x1, int  $y1, int	$x2, int  $y2, int  $color)

DESCRIPTION
	This function is deprecated. Use combination of imagesetstyle(3) and imageline(3) instead.

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

	      o $x1
		- Upper left x coordinate.

	      o $y1
		- Upper left y coordinate 0, 0 is the top left corner of the image.

	      o $x2
		- Bottom right x coordinate.

	      o $y2
		- Bottom right y coordinate.

	      o $color
		- The fill color. A color identifier created with imagecolorallocate(3).

RETURN VALUES
	Always returns true

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      imagedashedline(3) example

	      <?php
	      // Create a 100x100 image
	      $im = imagecreatetruecolor(100, 100);
	      $white = imagecolorallocate($im, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF);

	      // Draw a vertical dashed line
	      imagedashedline($im, 50, 25, 50, 75, $white);

	      // Save the image
	      imagepng($im, './dashedline.png');
	      imagedestroy($im);
	      ?>

	      The above example will output something similar to:[NOT DISPLAYABLE MEDIA]Output of example : imagedashedline()

       Example #2

	      Alternative to imagedashedline(3)

	      <?php
	      // Create a 100x100 image
	      $im = imagecreatetruecolor(100, 100);
	      $white = imagecolorallocate($im, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF);

	      // Define our style: First 4 pixels is white and the
	      // next 4 is transparent. This creates the dashed line effect
	      $style = Array(
			      $white,
			      $white,
			      $white,
			      $white,
			      IMG_COLOR_TRANSPARENT,
			      IMG_COLOR_TRANSPARENT,
			      IMG_COLOR_TRANSPARENT,
			      IMG_COLOR_TRANSPARENT
			      );

	      imagesetstyle($im, $style);

	      // Draw the dashed line
	      imageline($im, 50, 25, 50, 75, IMG_COLOR_STYLED);

	      // Save the image
	      imagepng($im, './imageline.png');
	      imagedestroy($im);
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       imagesetstyle(3), imageline(3).

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