imagecreatefromstring
PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8
imagecreatefromstring - Create a new image from the image stream in the string
Manual
imagecreatefromstring(
string$data ): GdImage|false
imagecreatefromstring returns an image identifier representing the image obtained from the given data. These types will be automatically detected if your build of PHP supports them: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, WBMP, GD2, and WEBP.
Parameters
- data
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A string containing the image data.
Return Values
An image object will be returned on success. false is returned if the image type is unsupported, the data is not in a recognised format, or the image is corrupt and cannot be loaded.
Exceptions and Errors
imagecreatefromstring raises an E_WARNING level error, if the data is not in a recognized format.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
| 8.0.0 | On success, this function returns a GDImage instance now; previously, a resource was returned. |
| 7.3.0 | WEBP is supported now (if supported by the libgd in use). |