imagecreatefromstring

FunctionParams and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Create a new image from the image stream in the string.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

imagecreatefromstring Function synopsis

imagecreatefromstring(string $data): GdImage|false

Parameters

$data

Typestring

A string containing the image data.

Return value

TypeGdImage|false

An image object will be returned on success. false is returned if the image type is unsupported, the data is not in a recognised format, or the image is corrupt and cannot be loaded.

Changes to the imagecreatefromstring Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: GdImage|false
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $image to $data
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($data): string
- imagecreatefromstring($image)
+ imagecreatefromstring(string $data): GdImage|false

imagecreatefromstring Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes