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GD and Image Functions
Crop an image automatically using one of the available modes

imagecropauto

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

imagecropauto — Crop an image automatically using one of the available modes

Description

imagecropauto(
    GdImage $image,
    int $mode = IMG_CROP_DEFAULT,
    float $threshold = 0.5,
    int $color = -1
): GdImage|false

Automatically crops an image according to the given mode.

Parameters

image

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

mode

One of the following constants:

IMG_CROP_DEFAULT: Same as IMG_CROP_TRANSPARENT. Before PHP 7.4.0, the bundled libgd fell back to IMG_CROP_SIDES, if the image had no transparent color.
IMG_CROP_TRANSPARENT: Crops out a transparent background.
IMG_CROP_BLACK: Crops out a black background.
IMG_CROP_WHITE: Crops out a white background.
IMG_CROP_SIDES: Uses the 4 corners of the image to attempt to detect the background to crop.
IMG_CROP_THRESHOLD: Crops an image using the given threshold and color.

threshold

Specifies the tolerance in percent to be used while comparing the image color and the color to crop. The method used to calculate the color difference is based on the color distance in the RGB(a) cube.

Used only in IMG_CROP_THRESHOLD mode.

Note: Before PHP 7.4.0, the bundled libgd used a somewhat different algorithm, so the same threshold yielded different results for system and bundled libgd.

color

Either an RGB color value or a palette index.

Used only in IMG_CROP_THRESHOLD mode.

Return Values

Returns a cropped image object on success or false on failure. If the complete image was cropped, imagecrop() returns false.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	`image` expects a GdImage instance now; previously, a resource was expected.
8.0.0	On success, this function returns a GDImage instance now; previously, a resource was returned.
7.4.0	The behavior of imagecropauto() in the bundled libgd has been synced with that of system libgd: `IMG_CROP_DEFAULT` no longer falls back to `IMG_CROP_SIDES` and threshold-cropping now uses the same algorithm as system libgd.
7.4.0	The default value of `mode` has been changed to `IMG_CROP_AUTO`. Formerly, the default value has been `-1` which corresponds to `IMG_CROP_DEFAULT`, but passing `-1` is now deprecated.

Examples

Example #1 Proper handling of auto-cropping

As noted in the return value section, imagecropauto() returns false if the whole image was cropped. In this example we have an image object $im which should be automatically cropped only if there is something to crop; otherwise we want to proceed with the original image.


<?php
$cropped = imagecropauto($im, IMG_CROP_DEFAULT);
if ($cropped !== false) { // in case a new image object was returned
    imagedestroy($im);    // we destroy the original image
    $im = $cropped;       // and assign the cropped image to $im
}
?>