(PHP 5)
imagefilter — Applies a filter to an image
imagefilter() applies the given filter filtertype on the image .
An image resource, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor().
filtertype can be one of the following:
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Version | Description |
---|---|
5.2.5 | Alpha support for IMG_FILTER_COLORIZE was added. |
Example#1 imagefilter() grayscale example
<?php
$im = imagecreatefrompng('dave.png');
if ($im && imagefilter($im, IMG_FILTER_GRAYSCALE)) {
echo 'Image converted to grayscale.';
imagepng($im, 'dave.png');
} else {
echo 'Conversion to grayscale failed.';
}
imagedestroy($im);
?>
Example#2 imagefilter() brightness example
<?php
$im = imagecreatefrompng('sean.png');
if ($im && imagefilter($im, IMG_FILTER_BRIGHTNESS, 20)) {
echo 'Image brightness changed.';
imagepng($im, 'sean.png');
} else {
echo 'Image brightness change failed.';
}
imagedestroy($im);
?>
Example#3 imagefilter() colorize example
<?php
$im = imagecreatefrompng('philip.png');
/* R, G, B, so 0, 255, 0 is green */
if ($im && imagefilter($im, IMG_FILTER_COLORIZE, 0, 255, 0)) {
echo 'Image successfully shaded green.';
imagepng($im, 'philip.png');
} else {
echo 'Green shading failed.';
}
imagedestroy($im);
?>
Note: This function is only available if PHP is compiled with the bundled version of the GD library.