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imagecolorsforindex

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

Get the colors for an index

Description

imagecolorsforindex(GdImage $image, int $color): array

Gets the color for a specified index.

Parameters

color: The color index.

Return Values

Returns an associative array with red, green, blue and alpha keys that contain the appropriate values for the specified color index.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	`imagecolorsforindex()` now throws a `ValueError` exception if `color` is out of range; previously, false was returned instead.

Examples

imagecolorsforindex() example

php

<?php

// open an image
$im = imagecreatefrompng('nexen.png');

// get a color
$start_x = 40;
$start_y = 50;
$color_index = imagecolorat($im, $start_x, $start_y);

// make it human readable
$color_tran = imagecolorsforindex($im, $color_index);

// what is it ?
print_r($color_tran);

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

output

Array
(
   [red] => 226
   [green] => 222
   [blue] => 252
   [alpha] => 0
)