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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