imagecopy() function in PHP

The imagecopy() function is used to copy part of an image.

Syntax

imagecopy( dst_img, src_img, dst_x, dst_y, src_x, src_y, src_w, src_h)

Parameters

• dst_im Set destination image link resource.

• src_im Set source image link resource.

• dst_x Set x-coordinate of destination point.

• dst_y Set y-coordinate of destination point.

• src_x Set x-coordinate of source point.

• src_y Set y-coordinate of source point.

• src_w Set source width.

• src_h Set source height.

Return

The imagecopy() function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Example

The following is an example:

<?php
   $srcImg = imagecreatefromgif('https://www.tutorialspoint.com/images/html.gif');
   $dest = imagecreatetruecolor(170, 140);
   imagecopy($dest, $srcImg, 0, 0, 0, 0, 180, 260);
   header('Content-Type: image/gif');
   imagegif($dest);
   imagedestroy($dest);
   imagedestroy(srcImg);
?>

Output

The following is the output:

Example

Let us see another example wherein part of an image is copied:

<?php
   $srcImg = imagecreatefromgif('https://www.tutorialspoint.com/images/html.gif');
   $dest = imagecreatetruecolor(170, 140);
   imagecopy($dest, $srcImg, 10, 20, 0, 0, 100, 280);
   header('Content-Type: image/gif');
   imagegif($dest);
   imagedestroy($dest);
   imagedestroy(srcImg);
?>

Output

The following is the output: