Destroy an image
This function has no effect. Prior to PHP 8.0.0, this function was used to close the resource.
Syntax
imagedestroy(
GdImage $image
): boolParameters
imageA GdImage object, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor().
Return
Returns true on success or false on failure.
Examples
1 · return
<?
$width = 100;
$height = 100;
$image = imagecreate($width, $height);
$return = imagedestroy($image);
var_export($return);
?>true
2 · base64
<?
$width = 100;
$height = 100;
$image = imagecreatetruecolor($width, $height);
ob_start();
imagepng($image);
imagedestroy($image);
$output = ob_get_clean();
echo '<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<img src="data:image/png;base64,' . base64_encode($output) . '">
</body>
</html>';
?><!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAGQAAABkCAIAAAD/gAIDAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAANElEQVR4nO3BAQ0AAADCoPdPbQ43oAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAfgx1lAABqFDyOQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==">
</body>
</html>
