(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5)
imagecreatefromgd — Create a new image from GD file or URL
This function is currently not documented; only the argument list is available.
You can use a URL 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.
Windows versions of PHP prior to PHP 4.3.0 do not support accessing remote files via this function, even if allow_url_fopen is enabled.