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imagedashedline

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

imagedashedline — Draw a dashed line

Description

bool imagedashedline ( resource $image , int $x1 , int $y1 , int $x2 , int $y2 , int $color )

This function is deprecated. Use combination of imagesetstyle() and imageline() instead.

Parameters

image

An image resource, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor().

x1

Upper left x coordinate.

y1

Upper left y coordinate 0, 0 is the top left corner of the image.

x2

Bottom right x coordinate.

y2

Bottom right y coordinate.

color

The fill color. A color identifier created with imagecolorallocate().

Return Values

Always returns true

Examples

Example #1 imagedashedline() example

<?php
// Create a 100x100 image
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(100, 100);
$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF);

// Draw a vertical dashed line
imagedashedline($im, 50, 25, 50, 75, $white);

// Save the image
imagepng($im, './dashedline.png');
imagedestroy($im);
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Example #2 Alternative to imagedashedline()

<?php
// Create a 100x100 image
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(100, 100);
$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF);

// Define our style: First 4 pixels is white and the 
// next 4 is transparent. This creates the dashed line effect
$style = Array(
                
$white, 
                
$white, 
                
$white, 
                
$white, 
                
IMG_COLOR_TRANSPARENT, 
                
IMG_COLOR_TRANSPARENT, 
                
IMG_COLOR_TRANSPARENT, 
                
IMG_COLOR_TRANSPARENT
                
);

imagesetstyle($im, $style);

// Draw the dashed line
imageline($im, 50, 25, 50, 75, IMG_COLOR_STYLED);

// Save the image
imagepng($im, './imageline.png');
imagedestroy($im);
?>

See Also


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