imagecreatefromgif
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
imagecreatefromgif — Create a new image from file or URL
Beskrivelse
imagecreatefromgif() returns an image identifier representing the image obtained from the given filename.
To ease debugging the following example will produce an error GIF:
Example#1 Example to handle an error during creation
<?php
function LoadGif ($imgname)
{
$im = @imagecreatefromgif ($imgname); /* Attempt to open */
if (!$im) { /* See if it failed */
$im = imagecreatetruecolor (150, 30); /* Create a blank image */
$bgc = imagecolorallocate ($im, 255, 255, 255);
$tc = imagecolorallocate ($im, 0, 0, 0);
imagefilledrectangle ($im, 0, 0, 150, 30, $bgc);
/* Output an errmsg */
imagestring ($im, 1, 5, 5, "Error loading $imgname", $tc);
}
return $im;
}
header("Content-Type: image/gif");
$img = LoadGif("bogus.image");
imagegif($img);
?>
Ovenstående eksempel vil udskrive noget der ligner:

Du kan bruge en URL som filnavn med denne funktion, hvis fopen wrappers er slået til. Se fopen() for flere detaljer omkring hvordan man udformer filnavnet og List of Supported Protocols/Wrappers for en liste over understøttede URL-protokoller.
Parameterliste
- filename
-
Path to the GIF image
Returneringsværdier
Returns an image resource identifier on success, FALSE on errors.
Notes
Note: GIF support was removed from the GD library in Version 1.6, and added back in Version 2.0.28. This function is not available between these versions.
Windows versioner af PHP før PHP 4.3.0 understøtter ikke adgang til fjernfiler via denne funktion, også selv om allow_url_fopen er slået til.