imagerectangle

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

imagerectangleDraw a rectangle

Description

imagerectangle(
    GdImage $image,
    int $x1,
    int $y1,
    int $x2,
    int $y2,
    int $color
): bool

imagerectangle() creates a rectangle starting at the specified coordinates.

Parameters

image

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

x1

Upper left x coordinate.

y1

Upper left y coordinate 0, 0 is the top left corner of the image.

x2

Bottom right x coordinate.

y2

Bottom right y coordinate.

color

A color identifier created with imagecolorallocate().

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changelog

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

Examples

Example #1 Simple imagerectangle() example

<?php
// Create a 200 x 200 image
$canvas = imagecreatetruecolor(200, 200);

// Allocate colors
$pink = imagecolorallocate($canvas, 255, 105, 180);
$white = imagecolorallocate($canvas, 255, 255, 255);
$green = imagecolorallocate($canvas, 132, 135, 28);

// Draw three rectangles each with its own color
imagerectangle($canvas, 50, 50, 150, 150, $pink);
imagerectangle($canvas, 45, 60, 120, 100, $white);
imagerectangle($canvas, 100, 120, 75, 160, $green);

// Output and free from memory
header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');

imagejpeg($canvas);
imagedestroy($canvas);
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Output of example : Simple imagerectangle() example

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