imagesavealpha

PHP 4 >= 4.3.2, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8
imagesavealpha - Whether to retain full alpha channel information when saving PNG images
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imagesavealpha( GdImage$image, bool$enable ): bool

imagesavealpha sets the flag which determines whether to retain full alpha channel information (as opposed to single-color transparency) when saving PNG images.

Alphablending has to be disabled (imagealphablending($im, false)) to retain the alpha-channel in the first place.

Parameters

image

A GdImage object, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor.

enable

Whether to save the alpha channel or not. Defaults to false.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

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Version Description
8.0.0 image expects a GdImage instance now; previously, a resource was expected.

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