PHP imagecolorat: Retrieve Pixel Color Index Value

The article explains PHP's imagecolorat function, which returns the RGB integer of a pixel in a true‑color image using the GD library, and shows how to extract red, green, and blue components with bitwise operations through a complete code example.

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PHP imagecolorat: Retrieve Pixel Color Index Value

imagecolorat retrieves the color index of a specific pixel in an image when PHP is compiled with GD library 2.0+ and the image is truecolor.

It returns an integer representing the RGB value, which can be split into red, green, and blue components using bitwise shifts and masks.

Return value : The color index of the pixel at the specified coordinates.

Example :

<?php</code>
<code>$im = ImageCreateFromPng("rockym.png");</code>
<code>$rgb = ImageColorAt($im, 100, 100);</code>
<code>$r = ($rgb >> 16) & 0xFF;</code>
<code>$g = ($rgb >> 8) & 0xFF;</code>
<code>$b = $rgb & 0xFF;
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