imagecolorstotal

Find out the number of colors in an image's palette

Description

int imagecolorstotal(GdImage $image)

Returns the number of colors in an image palette.

Parameters

image

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

Return Values

Returns the number of colors in the specified image's palette or 0 for truecolor images.

Changelog

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

Examples

Example #1 Getting total number of colors in an image using imagecolorstotal

<?php
// Create image instance
$im = imagecreatefromgif('php.gif');

echo 'Total colors in image: ' . imagecolorstotal($im);

// Free image
imagedestroy($im);
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Total colors in image: 128

See Also

  • imagecolorat
  • imagecolorsforindex
  • imageistruecolor