PHP: imagecopy function - Copy part of an image

Description

bool imagecopy ( resource $dst_im , resource $src_im , int $dst_x , int $dst_y , int $src_x , int $src_y , int $src_w , int $src_h )

Copy a part of src_im onto dst_im starting at the x,y coordinates src_x , src_y with a width of src_w and a height of src_h . The portion defined will be copied onto the x,y coordinates, dst_x and dst_y .

Parameters

dst_im: Destination image link resource.
src_im: Source image link resource.
dst_x: x-coordinate of destination point.
dst_y: y-coordinate of destination point.
src_x: x-coordinate of source point.
src_y: y-coordinate of source point.
src_w: Source width.
src_h: Source height.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Cropping the PHP.net logo


<?php
// Create image instances
$src = imagecreatefromgif('php.gif');
$dest = imagecreatetruecolor(80, 40);

// Copy
imagecopy($dest, $src, 0, 0, 20, 13, 80, 40);

// Output and free from memory
header('Content-Type: image/gif');
imagegif($dest);

imagedestroy($dest);
imagedestroy($src);
?>

The above example will output something similar to: