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PHP | imagecreatefrombmp() Function

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The imagecreatefrombmp() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to create a new image from file or URL. Syntax:
resource imagecreatefrombmp( string $filename )
Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $filename which holds the name or URL of a file. Return Value: This function returns an image resource identifier on success, FALSE on errors. Below given programs illustrate the imagecreatefrombmp() function in PHP: Program 1: Viewing a bmp file in browser. php
<?php

// Load the BMP image
$im = imagecreatefrombmp(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20200122193540/g4gbmp.bmp');

// Output the image to browser
header('Content-type: image/bmp');  
imagebmp($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>
Output: Program 2: This program converting the bitmap into png. php
<?php

// Load the BMP image
$im = imagecreatefrombmp(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20200122193540/g4gbmp.bmp');

// Convert it to a PNG file, press Ctrl + S to save the new png image
header('Content-type: image/png');  
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>
Output: Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagecreatefrombmp.php

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