int imagecreatefromgif
(string filename);imagecreatefromgif() returns an image identifier representing the image obtained from the given filename.
imagecreatefromgif() returns an empty string on failure. It also outputs an error message, which unfortunately displays as a broken link in a browser. To ease debugging the following example will produce an error GIF:
Example 1. Example to handle an error during creation (courtesy vic@zymsys.com ) function LoadGif($imgname) { $im = @imagecreatefromgif($imgname); /* Attempt to open */ if ($im == "") { /* See if it failed */ $im = ImageCreate(150,30); /* Create a blank image */ $bgc = ImageColorAllocate($im,255,255,255); $tc = ImageColorAllocate($im,0,0,0); ImageFilledRectangle($im,0,0,150,30,$bgc); ImageString($im,1,5,5,"Error loading $imgname",$tc); /* Output an errmsg */ } return $im; } |
Note: Since all GIF support was removed from the GD library in version 1.6, this function is not available if you are using that version of the GD library.