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gd_info

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(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Retrieve information about the currently installed GD library

Description

gd_info(): array

Gets information about the version and capabilities of the installed GD library.

Parameters Parameters

Return Values

Returns an associative array.

AttributeMeaning
GD Versionstring value describing the installed libgd version.
FreeType Supportbool value. true if FreeType Support is installed.
FreeType Linkagestring value describing the way in which FreeType was linked. Expected values are: 'with freetype', 'with TTF library', and 'with unknown library'. This element will only be defined if FreeType Support evaluated to true.
GIF Read Supportbool value. true if support for reading GIF images is included.
GIF Create Supportbool value. true if support for creating GIF images is included.
JPEG Supportbool value. true if JPEG support is included.
PNG Supportbool value. true if PNG support is included.
WBMP Supportbool value. true if WBMP support is included.
XBM Supportbool value. true if XBM support is included.
WebP Supportbool value. true if WebP support is included.
AVIF Supportbool value. true if AVIF support is included. Available as of PHP 8.1.0.

Examples

Using gd_info()

php
<?php
var_dump(gd_info());
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

output
array(10) {
  ["GD Version"]=>
  string(24) "bundled (2.1.0 compatible)"
  ["FreeType Support"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["GIF Read Support"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["GIF Create Support"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["JPEG Support"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["PNG Support"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["WBMP Support"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["XBM Support"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["WebP Support"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["AVIF Support"]=>
  bool(false)
}

See Also

Source: reference/image/functions/gd-info.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)