PHP: Draws an arc

Description

bool imagearc ( resource $image , int $cx , int $cy , int $width , int $height , int $start , int $end , int $color )

imagearc() draws an arc of circle centered at the given coordinates.

Parameters

image: An image resource, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor().
cx: x-coordinate of the center
cy: y-coordinate of the center
width: The arc width
height: The arc height
start: The arc start angle, in degrees.
end: The arc end angle, in degrees. 0° is located at the three-o'clock position, and the arc is drawn clockwise.
color: A color identifier created with imagecolorallocate()

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Drawing a circle with imagearc()


<?php



// create a 200*200 image

$img = imagecreatetruecolor(200, 200);



// allocate some colors

$white = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 255, 255);

$red   = imagecolorallocate($img, 255,   0,   0);

$green = imagecolorallocate($img,   0, 255,   0);

$blue  = imagecolorallocate($img,   0,   0, 255);



// draw the head

imagearc($img, 100, 100, 200, 200,  0, 360, $white);

// mouth

imagearc($img, 100, 100, 150, 150, 25, 155, $red);

// left and then the right eye

imagearc($img,  60,  75,  50,  50,  0, 360, $green);

imagearc($img, 140,  75,  50,  50,  0, 360, $blue);



// output image in the browser

header("Content-type: image/png");

imagepng($img);



// free memory

imagedestroy($img);



?>

The above example will output something similar to:

imagearc

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