# imagexbm

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

imagexbm — Output an XBM image to browser or file

### Description

imagexbm ( resource `$image` , mixed `$filename` [, int `$foreground` ] ) : bool

Outputs or save an XBM version of the given `image`.

> Note: imagexbm() doesn't apply any padding, so the image width has to be a multiple of 8. This restriction does no longer apply as of PHP 7.0.9.

### Parameters

`image`

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

`filename`

  The path to save the file to, given as string. If `NULL`, the raw image stream will be output directly.

  The `filename` (without the .xbm extension) is also used for the C identifiers of the XBM, whereby non alphanumeric characters of the current locale are substituted by underscores. If `filename` is set to `NULL`, `image` is used to build the C identifiers.

`foreground`

  You can set the foreground color with this parameter by setting an identifier obtained from imagecolorallocate(). The default foreground color is black. All other colors are treated as background.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

Caution

However, if libgd fails to output the image, this function returns `TRUE`.

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
8.0.0 | The fourth parameter, which was unused, has been removed.

### Examples

Example #1 Saving an XBM file

`<?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', $text_color);
// Save the image
imagexbm($im, 'simpletext.xbm');
// Free up memory
imagedestroy($im);
?>`

Example #2 Saving an XBM file with a different foreground color

`<?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);
// Set a replacement foreground color
$foreground_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 0, 0);
// Save the image
imagexbm($im, NULL, $foreground_color);
// Free up memory
imagedestroy($im);
?>`

### Notes