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<refentry xml:id="function.imagebmp" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>imagebmp</refname>
  <refpurpose>Output a BMP image to browser or file</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>imagebmp</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>GdImage</type><parameter>image</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>resource</type><type>string</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>file</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>compressed</parameter><initializer>&true;</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Outputs or saves a BMP version of the given <parameter>image</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    &gd.image.description;
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>file</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>&gd.image.path;</para>
      <note>
       <para>
        &null; is invalid if the <parameter>compressed</parameter> arguments is
        not used.
       </para>
      </note>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>compressed</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Whether the BMP should be compressed with run-length encoding (RLE), or not.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.success;
  </para>
  &gd.return.trueonerror;
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <informaltable>
   <tgroup cols="2">
    <thead>
     <row>
      <entry>&Version;</entry>
      <entry>&Description;</entry>
     </row>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
     &gd.changelog.image-param;
     <row>
      <entry>8.0.0</entry>
      <entry>
       The type of <parameter>compressed</parameter> is &boolean; now; formerly it was &integer;.
      </entry>
     </row>
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
 </refsect1>


 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Saving a BMP file</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// Create a blank image and add some text
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(120, 20);
$text_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 233, 14, 91);

imagestring($im, 1, 5, 5,  'BMP with PHP', $text_color);

// Save the image
imagebmp($im, 'php.bmp');

// Free up memory
imagedestroy($im);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
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