[SOLVED] imagecreatefromgd() and imagecreatefromgd2()

[dsaba]

Hey guys! I looked on php.net, googled, and searched these forums first

BUT- I didn't find any really good documentation on what these functions do and what the difference is between them.

 

I THINK that this function imagecreatefromgd() will do what imagecreatefromjpeg, gif, png...etc...

except it will automatically recognize what type it is, jpeg, gif, etc...

 

is that what it does?

and what's the difference between imagecreatefromgd2 and imagecreatfromdg

-thanks

[Barand]

If you regulary use the same image  (say as as a background image on which you overlay different text messages) then you can speed things up by saving the image as raw gd code and loading that instead. If you use "imagecreatefromjpeg()" it has to convert the image internally.

 

You save as a raw gd image with

 

imagegd(), or

imagegd2()

 

then use

 

imagecreatefromgd() to load the file.

 

If you saved with imagegd2(), load with imagecreatefromgd2()

[tarun]

Ive Been Wondering The Same Thing Aswell

And Now I No 

 

 

Topic Solved?

[dsaba]

-thanks barand that clears things up

but:

 

how I do I save a raw gd image

after I run the url through this function: imagecreatefromjpeg()

 

i know i can save the variable in a session or a cookie, but as far as physically saving it?

[Barand]

Read my post

 

http://www.php.net/imagegd

[dsaba]

no notes, it takes a while for your note to appear on all mirrors at php.net

 

but i didn't know about that function, i guess its pretty obvious now huh?

 

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