imagecreatefromgd – Create an Image from a GD File or URL (PHP)

Function: imagecreatefromgd creates an image resource from a GD file or URL.

Syntax: resource imagecreatefromgd(string $filename) Parameter: $filename – the path to the GD file.

Return value: Returns an image resource on success, or FALSE on failure.

Example:

<?php
// Load the gd image
$im = @imagecreatefromgd('./test.gd');
// Test if the image was loaded
if (!is_resource($im)) {
    die('Unable to load gd image!');
}
// Do image operations here
// Save the image
imagegd($im, './test_updated.gd');
imagedestroy($im);
?>