yes, the gd2 file format does improve the speed of image creations as the data-setup is designed to be native for the GD function - ie, the image doesn't have to be converted to a usable format prior to processing.
you may also note that the newer gd2 format creates much smaller size files than the older imagegd function, certainly for images involving chunks of single colours anyway. you'll probably find this function most useful for saving overlay images or background images used in larger image creation scripts.
to read a ping or jpeg image (.png / .jpg) and save a .gd2 version to server...
$img = $_GET['img'];
if(file_exists($img))
{
$dim = getimagesize($img);
$cr = ($dim[2] < 4) ? ($dim[2] < 3) ? ($dim[2] < 2) ? NULL : imagecreatefromjpeg($img) : imagecreatefrompng($img) : Null;
if($cr !== NULL)
{
imagegd2($cr,substr($img,0,strrpos($img,'.')).'.gd2');
}
}
should save a copy with the same filename and directory using extension .gd2 - which can then be nicely and swiftly read using either imagecreatefromgd2 or imagecreatefromgd2part
imagegd2
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5)
imagegd2 — Output GD2 image to browser or file
Beschreibung
Outputs a GD2 image to the given filename .
Parameter-Liste
- image
-
Eine von den verschiedenen Erzeugungsfunktionen wie imagecreatetruecolor() gelieferte Grafikresource.
- filename
-
The path to save the file to. If not set or NULL, the raw image stream will be outputted directly.
- chunk_size
-
- type
-
Either IMG_GD2_RAW or IMG_GD2_COMPRESSED. Default is IMG_GD2_RAW.
Rückgabewerte
Gibt bei Erfolg TRUE zurück, im Fehlerfall FALSE.
Anmerkungen
Hinweis: Diese Funktion setzt die GD Bibliothek in der Version 2.0.1 oder höher (empfohlen wird mindestens 2.0.28) voraus.
Hinweis: The GD2 format is commonly used to allow fast loading of parts of images. Note that the GD2 format is only usable in GD2-compatible applications.
ChangeLog
| Version | Beschreibung |
|---|---|
| 4.3.2 | chunk_size and type were added. |
imagegd2
16-Apr-2003 06:33
11-Feb-2003 02:35
A little more information: http://www.boutell.com/gd/manual2.0.11.html#gdImageGd2
For me, the gd2 format is intended for faster loading and writing. I didn't test this yet.
