php man page for imagecreatefromxpm

IMAGECREATEFROMXPM(3)							 1						     IMAGECREATEFROMXPM(3)

imagecreatefromxpm - Create a new image from file or URL

SYNOPSIS
       resource imagecreatefromxpm (string  $filename)

DESCRIPTION
       imagecreatefromxpm(3) 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(3) 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.

PARAMETERS
	      o $filename
		- Path to the XPM image.

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

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      Creating an image instance using imagecreatefromxpm(3)

	      <?php
	      // Check for XPM support
	      if(!(imagetypes() & IMG_XPM))
	      {
		  die('Support for xpm was not found!');
	      }

	      // Create the image instance
	      $xpm = imagecreatefromxpm('./example.xpm');

	      // Do image operations here

	      // PHP has no support for writing xpm images
	      // so in this case we save the image as a
	      // jpeg file with 100% quality
	      imagejpeg($xpm, './example.jpg', 100);
	      imagedestroy($xpm);
	      ?>

RETURN VALUES
       Note

	      This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.

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