imagedestroy

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

imagedestroy — Destroy an image

Description

imagedestroy(GdImage $image): bool

Note:

This function has no effect. Prior to PHP 8.0.0, this function was used to close the resource.

Prior to PHP 8.0.0, imagedestroy() freed any memory associated with image image.

Parameters

image

A GdImage object, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor().

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 This function is a NOP now.
8.0.0 image expects a GdImage instance now; previously, a valid gd resource was expected.

Examples

Example #1 Using imagedestroy() prior to PHP 8.0.0

<?php
// create a 100 x 100 image
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(100, 100);

// alter or save the image

// frees image from memory
imagedestroy($im);
?>