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(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)
imagecreate() returns an image identifier representing a blank image of size x_size by y_size.
We recommend the use of imagecreatetruecolor().
Example 1. Creating a new GD image stream and outputting an image.
<?phpheader("Content-type: image/png");$im = @imagecreate(100, 50) or die("Cannot Initialize new GD image stream");$background_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);$text_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 233, 14, 91);imagestring($im, 1, 5, 5, "A Simple Text String", $text_color);imagepng($im);imagedestroy($im);?>
See also imagedestroy() and imagecreatetruecolor().