GD and Image Functions

imagexbm

Output an XBM image to browser or file

Description

bool imagexbm ( resource $image , string $filename [, int $foreground ] )

Outputs or save an XBM version of the given image.

Parameters

image: An image resource, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor.
filename: The path to save the file to. If not set or NULL, the raw image stream will be outputted directly.
foreground: You can set the foreground color with this parameter by setting an identifier obtained from imagecolorallocate. The default foreground color is black.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Saving an XBM file


<?php
// Create a blank image and add some text
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(120, 20);
$text_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 233, 14, 91);
imagestring($im, 1, 5, 5,  'A Simple Text String', $text_color);

// Save the image
imagexbm($im, 'simpletext.xbm');

// Free up memory
imagedestroy($im);
?>

Example #2 Saving an XBM file with a different foreground color


<?php
// Create a blank image and add some text
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(120, 20);
$text_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 233, 14, 91);
imagestring($im, 1, 5, 5,  'A Simple Text String', $text_color);

// Set a replacement foreground color
$foreground_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 0, 0);

// Save the image
imagexbm($im, NULL, $foreground_color);

// Free up memory
imagedestroy($im);
?>

Notes