imagecreatefromjpeg
imagecreatefromstring
GD Functions
PHP Manual

# imagecreatefrompng

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

imagecreatefrompng — Create a new image from file or URL

### Description

resource imagecreatefrompng ( string `$filename` )

imagecreatefrompng() 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() for more details on how to specify the filename and List of Supported Protocols/Wrappers for a list of supported URL protocols.

### Parameters

`filename`

  Path to the PNG image.

### Return Values

Returns an image resource identifier on success, `FALSE` on errors.

### Examples

Example #1 Example to handle an error during loading of a PNG

`<?php
function LoadPNG($imgname)
{
/* Attempt to open */
$im = @imagecreatefrompng($imgname);
/* See if it failed */
if(!$im)
{
/* Create a blank image */
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(150, 30);
$bgc = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
$tc = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
imagefilledrectangle($im, 0, 0, 150, 30, $bgc);
/* Output an error message */
imagestring($im, 1, 5, 5, 'Error loading ' . $imgname, $tc);
}
return $im;
}
header('Content-Type: image/png');
$img = LoadPNG('bogus.image');
imagepng($img);
imagedestroy($img);
?>`

### Notes

Warning

Windows versions of PHP prior to PHP 4.3.0 do not support access of remote files via this function, even if allow_url_fopen is enabled.

imagecreatefromjpeg
imagecreatefromstring
GD Functions
PHP Manual