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imagecreatefrombmp

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(PHP 7 >= 7.2.0, PHP 8)

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Description

imagecreatefrombmp(string $filename): GdImage|false

imagecreatefrombmp() returns an image identifier representing the image obtained from the given filename.

Fopen-wrapper

Parameters

filename: Path to the BMP image.

Return Values

Identifier

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	On success, this function returns a `GDImage` instance now; previously, a `resource` was returned.

Examples

Convert an BMP image to a PNG image using imagecreatefrombmp()

php

<?php
// Load the BMP file
$im = imagecreatefrombmp('./example.bmp');

// Convert it to a PNG file with default settings
imagepng($im, './example.png');
?>

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