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This is an example script I wrote for myself to help me learn how to used the imagearc functions. Maybe if will also help others.
<?php
//example PHP script of imagearc functions
$image_width=360;$image_height=360;
$img = imagecreatetruecolor($image_width,$image_height); //make image variable
//create a background color by making a filled rectangle
$color = imagecolorallocate($img,255,255,255);
imagefilledrectangle($img,0,0,$image_width,$image_height,$color);
$r=$image_width/2 - $image_width/32 ; //radius
$cx=$image_width/2;
$cy=$image_height/2;
$color = imagecolorallocate($img,0,0,0);
imagearc($img, $cx, $cy, $r*2, $r*2, 0, 360, $color); //regular outlines arc
imagefilledarc($img, $cx, $cy, $r*1, $r*1, 0, 90, $color,IMG_ARC_CHORD); //filled triangle with chord of circle
imagefilledarc($img, $cx, $cy, $r*1, $r*1, 180, 270, $color,IMG_ARC_PIE); //pie slice
$font_number=5; //can use built in fonts numbered 1 to 5
$string="Hello world!";
imagestring($img, $font_number, $cx-(imagefontwidth($font_number)*strlen($string))/2, $cy-120, $string, $color);
header("Content-type: image/png");
imagepng($img);// output image in the browser
$filename="imagearc";
imagepng($img,"./frames/$filename.png",9); //make highly compressed png
imagedestroy($img);
?>
imagearc
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
imagearc — Dessine une ellipse partielle
Description
bool imagearc
( resource
$image
, int $cx
, int $cy
, int $width
, int $height
, int $start
, int $end
, int $color
)imagearc() dessine une ellipse partielle, centrée sur les coordonnées fournies.
Liste de paramètres
-
image -
Une ressource d'image, retournée par une des fonctions de création d'images, comme imagecreatetruecolor().
-
cx -
X : coordonnée du centre.
-
cy -
Y : coordonnée du centre.
-
width -
La largeur de l'ellipse.
-
height -
La hauteur de l'ellipse.
-
start -
L'angle de début de l'ellipse, en degrés.
-
end -
L'angle de fin de l'ellipse, en degrés. 0° correspond à la position "trois heures" et l'ellipse est dessiné dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre.
-
color -
Un identifiant de couleur, créé par la fonction imagecolorallocate().
Valeurs de retour
Cette fonction retourne TRUE en cas de
succès ou FALSE si une erreur survient.
Exemples
Exemple #1 Dessine d'un cercle avec imagearc()
<?php
// Création d'une image 200*200
$img = imagecreatetruecolor(200, 200);
// Allocation de couleurs
$white = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 255, 255);
$red = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 0, 0);
$green = imagecolorallocate($img, 0, 255, 0);
$blue = imagecolorallocate($img, 0, 0, 255);
// Dessine la tête
imagearc($img, 100, 100, 200, 200, 0, 360, $white);
// La bouche
imagearc($img, 100, 100, 150, 150, 25, 155, $red);
// les yeux gauche et droit
imagearc($img, 60, 75, 50, 50, 0, 360, $green);
imagearc($img, 140, 75, 50, 50, 0, 360, $blue);
// Affichage au navigateur
header("Content-type: image/png");
imagepng($img);
// Libération de la mémoire
imagedestroy($img);
?>
L'exemple ci-dessus va afficher quelque chose de similaire à :
Voir aussi
- imagefilledarc() - Dessine un arc partiel et le remplit
- imageellipse() - Dessine une ellipse
- imagefilledellipse() - Dessine une ellipse pleine
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User Contributed Notes
imagearc
chandlerklebs at gmail dot com
07-Jan-2012 10:24
Michael
04-Mar-2011 02:56
Hi, this is a function that replaces "imagearc" to solve the thickness-problem. it does not use the global value set by imagesetthickness, so you have to pass it along.
"connecting" the arc to lines is still a problem, it sometimes shifts by 1px, but so does the original function.
Theres still alot to improve ...
<?php
function myimagearc($im,$mid_x,$mid_y,$rad,$w1,$w2,$col,$thickness){
global $cols;
$rad+=$thickness/2; // to calculate outer edge
$th_fact = 1-((($thickness-1)/$rad));
$pts = 36*$rad; // adjust density
$fact = $pts/360;
$w1 = $w1*$fact;
$w2 = $w2*$fact;
if($thickness > 2) // to make sure we have neither gaps nor ugly looking artefacts
imagesetthickness($handle,2);
else
imagesetthickness($handle,1);
$winkel = (2*pi())/$pts;
for($i=$w1+1;$i< $w2;$i++){
$x = (cos($i*$winkel)*($rad));
$y = (sin($i*$winkel)*($rad));
$x1 = $x+$mid_x;
$y1 = $y+$mid_y;
$x2 = $th_fact*$x+$mid_x;
$y2 = $th_fact*$y+$mid_y;
imageline($im, $x1,$y1,$x2,$y2,$col);
}
imagesetthickness($handle,1); // just to reset
}
?>
ajim1417 at gmail dot com
28-Jan-2010 07:42
I wrote a simple function that can draws an arc counter-clockwisekly. Here it is :
<?php
function imagearcCC(&$im, $cx, $cy, $w, $h, $s, $e, $c) {
$start = 360 - $e;
$end = 360 - $s;
return imagearc($im, $cx, $cy, $w, $h, $start, $end, $c);
}
?>
The params of this function is exactly the same as the usual imagearc function.
anton dot vandeghinste at telenet dot be
13-Dec-2009 07:27
I needed an arc with a thick border and i didn't like to use 359.9 as end angle so i made a function that works pretty well:
<?php
function imagearcthick($image, $x, $y, $w, $h, $s, $e, $color, $thick = 1)
{
if($thick == 1)
{
return imagearc($image, $x, $y, $w, $h, $s, $e, $color);
}
for($i = 1;$i<($thick+1);$i++)
{
imagearc($image, $x, $y, $w-($i/5), $h-($i/5),$s,$e,$color);
imagearc($image, $x, $y, $w+($i/5), $h+($i/5), $s, $e, $color);
}
}
?>
mojiro at awmn dot net
13-Dec-2005 12:28
A previous for the Rotated (Filled)Ellipse note from(nojer2 at yahoo dot com, 02-Apr-2001 12:06) has a mistake, at the second arc. Replace them with the following listing.
if ($filled) {
triangle($im, $cx, $cy, $cx+$px, $cy+$py, $cx+$x, $cy+$y, $colour);
triangle($im, $cx, $cy, $cx-$px, $cy-$py, $cx-$x, $cy-$y, $colour);
} else {
imageline($im, $cx+$px, $cy+$py, $cx+$x, $cy+$y, $colour);
imageline($im, $cx-$px, $cy-$py, $cx-$x, $cy-$y, $colour);
}
ruturaj_v at yahoo dot com
17-May-2004 06:32
this is another piechart eg. very simple ...
<?php
global $deg;
function get_polar($xrel, $yrel, $ang, $radius) {
$i = $ang;
$ang = ($ang * pi())/ 180;
$ix = abs($radius*cos($ang));
$iy = abs($radius*sin($ang));
if ($i>=0 && $i<=90) {
$ix = $xrel + $ix;
$iy = $yrel - $iy;
}
if ($i>90 && $i<=180) {
$ix = $xrel - $ix;
$iy = $yrel - $iy;
}
if ($i>180 && $i<=270) {
$ix = $xrel - $ix;
$iy = $yrel + $iy;
}
if ($i>270 && $i<=360) {
$ix = $xrel + $ix;
$iy = $yrel + $iy;
}
$ix = floor($ix);
$iy = floor($iy);
//echo ($ix . " $iy<br>");
$returnvals = array (
'x1' => $xrel,
'y1' => $yrel,
'x2' => $ix,
'y2' => $iy
);
return $returnvals;
}
function get_degtotal($degindex)
{
global $deg;
if ($degindex == 0 ) {
return ( $deg[$degindex] );
}
else {
return ( $deg[$degindex] + get_degtotal($degindex-1) );
}
}
$im = imagecreate (400, 400);
$w = imagecolorallocate ($im, 255, 255, 255);
$black = imagecolorallocate ($im, 0, 0, 0);
$red = imagecolorallocate ($im, 255, 0, 0);
$green = imagecolorallocate ($im, 0, 180, 0);
$randcolor[0] = imagecolorallocate($im, 243, 54, 163);
$randcolor[1] = imagecolorallocate($im, 179, 51, 247);
$randcolor[2] = imagecolorallocate($im, 103, 48, 250);
$randcolor[3] = imagecolorallocate($im, 53, 145, 244);
$randcolor[4] = imagecolorallocate($im, 54, 243, 243);
$randcolor[5] = imagecolorallocate($im, 107, 245, 180);
$randcolor[6] = imagecolorallocate($im, 203, 242, 111);
$randcolor[7] = imagecolorallocate($im, 248, 201, 105);
$data[0] = 30;
$data[1] = 20;
$data[2] = 15;
$data[3] = 10;
$data[4] = 8;
$data[5] = 7;
$data[6] = 5;
$data[7] = 5;
$datasum = array_sum($data);
$deg[0] = number_format((30 / $datasum * 360), 2, ".", "");
$deg[1] = number_format((20 / $datasum * 360), 2, ".", "");
$deg[2] = number_format((15 / $datasum * 360), 2, ".", "");
$deg[3] = number_format((10 / $datasum * 360), 2, ".", "");
$deg[4] = number_format((8 / $datasum * 360), 2, ".", "");
$deg[5] = number_format((7 / $datasum * 360), 2, ".", "");
$deg[6] = number_format((5 / $datasum * 360), 2, ".", "");
$deg[7] = number_format((5 / $datasum * 360), 2, ".", "");
echo ('<pre>');
//print_r($deg);
$datadeg = array();
$datapol = array();
$degbetween = array();
$databetweenpol = array();
for ($i=0; $i < count($deg) ; $i++) {
$datadeg[$i] = get_degtotal($i);
$datapol[$i] = get_polar(200, 200, $datadeg[$i], 100);
}
for ($i=0; $i < count($datadeg) ; $i++) {
/*this is a trick where you take 2deg angle before
and get the smaller radius so that you can have a pt to
`imagefill` the chartboundary
*/
$degbetween[$i] = ($datadeg[$i]-2);
$databetweenpol[$i] = get_polar(200, 200, $degbetween[$i], 50);
}
print_r($datadeg);
print_r($degbetween);
print_r($databetweenpol);
//exit;
for ($i=0; $i<count($deg); $i++) {
imageline ($im, 200, 200, $datapol[$i]['x2'], $datapol[$i]['y2'], $black);
}
imagearc($im, 200, 200, 200, 200, 0, 360, $black);
for ($i=0; $i<count($deg); $i++) {
imagefill ($im, $databetweenpol[$i]['x2'], $databetweenpol[$i]['y2'], $randcolor[$i]);
}
//header ("Content-type: image/png");
imagepng($im, 'piechart.png');
?>
<img src='piechart.png'>
jerryscript at aol dot com
26-Dec-2003 02:05
[note-Apache/1.3.29 (Win32) PHP/4.3.4]
The imagearc (and imageellipse) functions do not accept line thicknesses when drawn from 0 to 360 degrees.
Drawing from 0 to 359 and again from 359 to 360 does create an ellipse with the current line thickness.
Jerry
eamon at hostelworld dot com
17-Dec-2003 07:24
Right...
possibly the easiest way of drawing a filled circle:
Loop through the imagearc function incrementing the diameter by one pixel:
<?
// --- code fragment --- //
for($i=1; $i<$Diameter; $i++){
imagearc($Image, $CenterX, $CenterY, $i, $i, $Start, $End, $Color);
}
// --------------------- //
?>
This works great for circles with diameters up to about 60 or 70 pixels wide. After that, you start to get pixle gaps.
logang at deltatee dot com
04-Aug-2003 08:19
Heres a function to make a curve between two points... This will be a downward curve but it wouldn't be hard to make a similar function to make an upward curve. The first point has to be to the left of the second point ($x1 < $x2), and height is actually backwards. The larger height is the less of a crest the curve has. I imagine with a few modifications this functions could make upward curves as well.
function ImageCurveDown ($image, $x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $height, $color) {
$presicion = 1;
for ($left = ($x1-$x2); $left < 0; $left++){
if ($y1 < $y2) {
$cy = $y2 + $height;
$cx = $x1 - $left;
} else {
$cy = $y1 + $height;
$cx = $x2 + $left;
}
$nx1 = abs($x1 - $cx);
$ny1 = abs($y1 - $cy);
$nx2 = abs($x2 - $cx);
$ny2 = abs($y2 - $cy);
if ($y1 < $y2) {
if ($nx2 == 0 || $ny1 == 0) continue;
$angle1 = atan($height/$nx2);
$A1 = $nx2/cos ($angle1);
$B1 = $ny2/sin ($angle1);
$angle2 = pi()/2 +atan($left/$ny1);
$A2 = $nx1/cos ($angle2);
$B2 = $ny1/sin ($angle2);
} else {
if ($ny2 == 0 || $nx1 == 0) continue;
$angle1 = atan($ny2/$nx2);
$A1 = abs($nx2/cos ($angle1));
$B1 = abs($ny2/sin ($angle1));
$angle2 = atan($height/$nx1);
$A2 = abs ($nx1/cos ($angle2));
$B2 = abs($ny1/sin ($angle2));
}
if (abs($A1 - $A2) < $presicion && abs ($B1 - $B2) < $presicion) {
ImageArc($image, $cx, $cy, $A1*2, $B1*2, 180+rad2deg($angle2), 360-rad2deg($angle1), $color);
}
}
}
23-Jan-2003 08:55
Please note that in order to draw a complete circle or ellipse (without using the imageellipse) you mustn't use 0° for both s and e. If you do this you will get, umm, nothing. Instead set s to 0° and e to 360° to get a complete circle or ellipse.
jinny at 263 dot net
13-May-2002 10:27
imagesetstyle() sets the style to be used by all line drawing functions when drawing with the special color .
Here goes a example of drawing a dashed-line circle.enjoy!
<?php
header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
$im = imagecreate(100,100);
$b = imagecolorallocate ($im, 0, 0, 0);
$w = imagecolorallocate ($im, 255, 255, 255);
$style = array ($b,$b,$b,$b,$b,$w,$w,$w,$w,$w);
imagesetstyle ($im, $style);
imagearc($im,50,50,100,100,0,360,IMG_COLOR_STYLED);
imagejpeg($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>
arve at skogvold dot as
30-Nov-2001 01:04
I found a better way for drawing a pie chart:
header ("Content-type: image/png");
$diameter = 100;
$radius = $diameter / 2;
$centerX = $radius;
$centerY = $radius;
$im = @ImageCreate ($diameter, $diameter)
or die ("Cannot Initialize new GD image stream");
$background = ImageColorAllocate ($im, 0, 0, 0);
$red = ImageColorAllocate ($im, 176, 0, 0);
function fill_arc($start, $end, $color) {
global $diameter, $centerX, $centerY, $im, $radius;
imagearc($im, $centerX, $centerY, $diameter, $diameter, $start, $end, $color);
imageline($im, $centerX, $centerY, $centerX + cos(deg2rad($start)) * $radius, $centerY + sin(deg2rad($start)) * $radius, $color);
imageline($im, $centerX, $centerY, $centerX + cos(deg2rad($end)) * $radius, $centerY + sin(deg2rad($end)) * $radius, $color);
imagefill ($im,$centerX + $radius * 0.5 *cos(deg2rad($start+($end-$start)/2)), $centerY + $radius * 0.5 * sin(deg2rad($start+($end-$start)/2)), $color);
}
fill_arc(0,30,$red);
// Will make a red filled arc, starting at 0 degrees, ending at 30 degrees
ImagePng ($im);
marc at resiteit dot com
08-Nov-2001 01:04
Round cornered anti-aliased dynamically sized button.
$w=40;
$h=20;
$im = ImageCreate($w,$h);
$white=ImageColorAllocate($im,255,255,255);
ImageFilledRectangle($im,0,0,$w,$h,$white);
imagecolortransparent ($im, $white);
ImageTTFText ($im, $h+ceil($h/3)+1, 0, -1, $h-1, $col1, "arialbd.ttf", "O");
ImageTTFText ($im, $h+ceil($h/3)+1, 0, $w-$h, $h-1, $col1, "arialbd.ttf", "O");
ImageTTFText ($im, $h+ceil($h/3)+1, 0, 1, $h-1, $col1, "arialbd.ttf", "O");
ImageTTFText ($im, $h+ceil($h/3)+1, 0, $w-$h-2, $h-1, $col1, "arialbd.ttf", "O");
$points=array(
1,round($h/2),
round($h/4),$h-round($h/4),
round($h/2),$h,
$w-(round($h/2)),$h,
$w-(round($h/4)),$h-round($h/4),
$w-2,round($h/2),
$w-round($h/4),round($h/4),
$w-round($h/2),0,
round($h/2),0,
round($h/4),round($h/4)
);
imagefilledpolygon ($im, $points, 10, $col1);
header("content-type: image/gif");
header("Content-Disposition: filename=name.gif");
ImageGif($im);
ImageDestroy($im);
foripepe at yahoo dot com
02-Sep-2001 09:56
To fill an arc (DiameterX != DiameterY):
<?
function imagefilledarc($Image, $CenterX, $CenterY, $DiameterX, $DiameterY, $Start, $End, $Color) {
// To draw the arc
imagearc($Image, $CenterX, $CenterY, $DiameterX, $DiameterY, $Start, $End, $Color);
// To close the arc with 2 lines between the center and the 2 limits of the arc
$x = $CenterX + (cos(deg2rad($Start))*($DiameterX/2));
$y = $CenterY + (sin(deg2rad($Start))*($DiameterY/2));
imageline($Image, $x, $y, $CenterX, $CenterY, $Color);
$x = $CenterX + (cos(deg2rad($End))*($DiameterX/2));
$y = $CenterY + (sin(deg2rad($End))*($DiameterY/2));
imageline($Image, $x, $y, $CenterX, $CenterY, $Color);
// To fill the arc, the starting point is a point in the middle of the closed space
$x = $CenterX + (cos(deg2rad(($Start+$End)/2))*($DiameterX/4));
$y = $CenterY + (sin(deg2rad(($Start+$End)/2))*($DiameterY/4));
imagefilltoborder($Image, $x, $y, $Color, $Color);
}
?>
To close the arc with 2 lines (DiameterX != DiameterY):
<?
function imagenofilledarc($Image, $CenterX, $CenterY, $DiameterX, $DiameterY, $Start, $End, $Color) {
// To draw the arc
imagearc($Image, $CenterX, $CenterY, $DiameterX, $DiameterY, $Start, $End, $Color);
// To close the arc with 2 lines between the center and the 2 limits of the arc
$x = $CenterX + (cos(deg2rad($Start))*($DiameterX/2));
$y = $CenterY + (sin(deg2rad($Start))*($DiameterY/2));
imageline($Image, $x, $y, $CenterX, $CenterY, $Color);
$x = $CenterX + (cos(deg2rad($End))*($DiameterX/2));
$y = $CenterY + (sin(deg2rad($End))*($DiameterY/2));
imageline($Image, $x, $y, $CenterX, $CenterY, $Color);
}
?>
An example:
<?
$destImage = imagecreate( 216, 152 );
$c0 = imagecolorallocate( $destImage, 0, 255, 255 );
$c1 = imagecolorallocate( $destImage, 0, 0, 0 );
$c2 = imagecolorallocate( $destImage, 255, 0, 0 );
ImageFilledRectangle ( $destImage, 0, 0, 216, 152, $c0 );
imagefilledarc( $destImage, 108, 76, 180, 80, 0, 130, $c1 );
imagenofilledarc( $destImage, 108, 76, 180, 80, 0, 130, $c2 );
header("content-type: image/PNG");
ImagePNG( $destImage );
ImageDestroy( $destImage );
?>
08-Apr-2001 10:37
The following site contains heaps of different functions to draw graphs with easy to follow code for newbies and heaps of examples with OVER 60 different predefined graphs
http://www.aditus.nu/jpgraph/index.php
nojer2 at yahoo dot com
01-Apr-2001 02:18
Here's a dashed circle function:
<?php
function dashedcircle($im, $cx, $cy, $radius, $colour, $dashsize=5) {
$dash=false;
for ($angle=0; $angle<=(180+$dashsize); $angle+=$dashsize) {
$x = ($radius * cos(deg2rad($angle)));
$y = ($radius * sin(deg2rad($angle)));
if ($dash) {
imageline($im, $cx+$px, $cy+$py, $cx+$x, $cy+$y, $colour);
imageline($im, $cx-$px, $cx-$py, $cx-$x, $cy-$y, $colour);
}
$dash=!$dash;
$px=$x;
$py=$y;
}
}
?>
nojer2 at yahoo dot com
01-Apr-2001 02:06
Here's the function to draw rotated ellipses again. This time I've optimised it a bit, fixed the no-fill bug, and used a 'squishratio' rather than a 'radiusmodifier', to make the curves perfect, so ignore my previous version.
<?php
function rotatedellipse($im, $cx, $cy, $width, $height, $rotateangle, $colour, $filled=true) {
$step=2;
$cosangle=cos(deg2rad($rotateangle));
$sinangle=sin(deg2rad($rotateangle));
$squishratio = $height/$width;
$nopreviouspoint = true;
for ($angle=0; $angle<=(180+$step); $angle+=$step) {
$ox = ($width * cos(deg2rad($angle)));
$oy = ($width * sin(deg2rad($angle))) * $squishratio;
$x = + (($ox * $cosangle) - ($oy * $sinangle));
$y = $centrey + (($ox * $sinangle) + ($oy * $cosangle));
if ($nopreviouspoint) {
$px=$x;
$py=$y;
$nopreviouspoint=false;
}
if ($filled) {
triangle($im, $cx, $cy, $cx+$px, $cy+$py, $cx+$x, $cy+$y, $colour);
triangle($im, $cx, $cy, $cx-$px, $cx-$py, $cx-$x, $cy-$y, $colour);
} else {
imageline($im, $cx+$px, $cy+$py, $cx+$x, $cy+$y, $colour);
imageline($im, $cx-$px, $cx-$py, $cx-$x, $cy-$y, $colour);
}
$px=$x;
$py=$y;
}
}
function triangle($im, $x1,$y1, $x2,$y2, $x3,$y3, $colour) {
$coords = array($x1,$y1, $x2,$y2, $x3,$y3);
imagefilledpolygon($im, $coords, 3, $colour);
}
?>
ericquil at yahoo dot com
29-Sep-2000 04:30
If circles overlap, a temporary border is needed when filling:
<?php
ImageArc ($im,$x,$y,$w,$h,0,360,$temp_color);
ImageFillToBorder($im,$x,$y,$temp_color,$fill_color);
ImageArc ($im,$x,$y,$w,$h,0,360,$fill_color);
?>
cbriou at orange-art dot fr
17-Sep-2000 07:03
There is another way to fill an arc :
<?php
// To draw the arc
$Color = imagecolorallocate($Image, $Red, $Green, $Blue);
imagearc($Image, $CenterX, $CenterY, $Diameter, $Diameter, $Start, $End, $Color);
// To close the arc with 2 lines between the center and the 2 limits of the arc
$x = $CenterX + (cos(deg2rad($Start))*($Diameter/2));
$y = $CenterY + (sin(deg2rad($Start))*($Diameter/2));
imageline($Image, $x, $y, $CenterX, $CenterY, $Color);
$x = $CenterX + (cos(deg2rad($End))*($Diameter/2));
$y = $CenterY + (sin(deg2rad($End))*($Diameter/2));
imageline($Image, $x, $y, $CenterX, $CenterY, $Color);
// To fill the arc, the starting point is a point in the middle of the closed space
$x = $CenterX + (cos(deg2rad(($Start+$End)/2))*($Diameter/4));
$y = $CenterY + (sin(deg2rad(($Start+$End)/2))*($Diameter/4));
imagefilltoborder($Image, $x, $y, $Color, $Color);
?>
timothyhouck at yahoo dot com
16-Aug-2000 03:58
To do filled arcs, try something like this:
<?php
$diameter = 50;
imagearc($image, 25, 25, $diameter, $diameter, $start, $end, $color);
while($diameter > 0) {
imagearc($image, 25, 25, $diameter, $diameter, $start, $start + 1, $color);
imagearc($image, 25, 25, $diameter, $diameter, $end - 1, $end, $color);
$diameter--;
}
?>
...well you get the point. It's a kludge, and *very* slow, but it's free.
travis at duluth dot com
22-Dec-1999 06:36
The wierd thing is that the first two integers tell where to place the "circle".
So for example I first create the "pallet" to place the circle on.
$image = imagecreate(500, 500);
(this makes a huge 500x500 gif :) )
$colorBody = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 0);
(make the default color of the "pallet" black
$circleColor = imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 0, 255);
(going to make the circle an ugly pink color)
imagearc($image, 250, 250, 300, 300, 0, 360, $circleColor);
Places the image in the center (250,250) and the circle is 300 pixels in diameter.
Hope this helps.
Travis Kent Beste