imagecreatefromgd2 — Create an Image from a GD2 File or URL in PHP

imagecreatefromgd2 creates an image resource from a GD2 file or URL in PHP.

Signature: resource imagecreatefromgd2(string $filename) On success it returns an image resource; on failure it returns FALSE.

Example usage:

<?php
// Load gd2 image
$im = imagecreatefromgd2('./test.gd2');
// Apply effect if imagefilter is available (e.g., invert colors)
if (function_exists('imagefilter')) {
    imagefilter($im, IMG_FILTER_NEGATE);
}
// Save the image
imagegd2($im, './test_updated.gd2');
imagedestroy($im);
?>