imagefilter

(PHP 5)

imagefilter --  Applies a filter to an image

Description

bool imagefilter ( resource src_im, int filtertype [, int arg1 [, int arg2 [, int arg3]]])

imagefilter() applies the filter filtertype to the image, using arg1, arg2 and arg3 where necessary.

filtertype can be one of the following:

Note: This function is only available if PHP is compiled with the bundled version of the GD library.

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

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);
?>