imagelayereffect
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)
imagelayereffect — Set the alpha blending flag to use layering effects
Description
imagelayereffect ( resource $image , int $effect ) : bool
Set the alpha blending flag to use layering effects.
Parameters
-
image -
An image resource, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor().
-
effect -
One of the following constants:
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IMG_EFFECT_REPLACE - Use pixel replacement (equivalent of passing
trueto imagealphablending()) -
IMG_EFFECT_ALPHABLEND - Use normal pixel blending (equivalent of passing
falseto imagealphablending()) -
IMG_EFFECT_NORMAL - Same as
IMG_EFFECT_ALPHABLEND. -
IMG_EFFECT_OVERLAY - Overlay has the effect that black background pixels will remain black, white background pixels will remain white, but grey background pixels will take the colour of the foreground pixel.
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IMG_EFFECT_MULTIPLY - Overlays with a multiply effect.
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Return Values
Returns true on success or false on failure.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 7.2.0 | Added IMG_EFFECT_MULTIPLY (requires system libgd >= 2.1.1 or the bundled libgd). |
Examples
Example #1 imagelayereffect() example
<?php
// Setup an image
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(100, 100);
// Set a background
imagefilledrectangle($im, 0, 0, 100, 100, imagecolorallocate($im, 220, 220, 220));
// Apply the overlay alpha blending flag
imagelayereffect($im, IMG_EFFECT_OVERLAY);
// Draw two grey ellipses
imagefilledellipse($im, 50, 50, 40, 40, imagecolorallocate($im, 100, 255, 100));
imagefilledellipse($im, 50, 50, 50, 80, imagecolorallocate($im, 100, 100, 255));
imagefilledellipse($im, 50, 50, 80, 50, imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 100, 100));
// Output
header('Content-type: image/png');
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?> The above example will output something similar to:
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