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imageblendedcolorallocate.php
<?php
/**
* Imageblendedcolorallocate v1.1.2
*
* Copyright (c) 2018-2026 Andrew G. Johnson <andrew@andrewgjohnson.com>
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
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* rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
* permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
* Software.
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
* WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
* COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
* OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*
* PHP version 5
*
* @category Andrewgjohnson
* @package Imageblendedcolorallocate
* @author Andrew G. Johnson <andrew@andrewgjohnson.com>
* @copyright 2018-2026 Andrew G. Johnson <andrew@andrewgjohnson.com>
* @license https://opensource.org/licenses/mit/ The MIT License
* @link https://github.com/andrewgjohnson/imageblendedcolorallocate
*/
if (!function_exists('imageblendedcolorallocate')) {
/**
* Imageblendedcolorallocate is a function that will allocate a new blended color based on two existing allocated
* colors for your PHP GD images.
*
* Examples:
* ```
* <?php
* // Allocate red and yellow using the standard method then blend the two to allocate orange
* $red = imagecolorallocate($im, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00);
* $yellow = imagecolorallocate($im, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00);
* $orange = imageblendedcolorallocate($im, $red, $yellow);
*
* // You can also allocate RGBA colors as well as RGB
* $opaqueBlack = imagecolorallocatealpha($im, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0);
* $translucentBlack = imagecolorallocatealpha($im, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 63);
* $blendedBlack = imageblendedcolorallocate($im, $opaqueBlack, $translucentBlack);
*
* // By default, we allocate with a 50/50 blend where we average the red, blue, green and alpha values for each
* // color but also support alternative blends
* $blue = imagecolorallocate($im, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF);
* $cyan = imagecolorallocate($im, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF);
* $blendedMostlyCyan = imageblendedcolorallocate($im, $blue, $cyan, 0.25); // 25% blue, 75% cyan
* $blendedEvenly = imageblendedcolorallocate($im, $blue, $cyan); // 50% blue, 50% cyan
* $blendedMostlyBlue = imageblendedcolorallocate($im, $blue, $cyan, 0.75); // 75% blue, 25% cyan
* ?>
* ```
*
* @param \GdImage|resource $image A GdImage object (PHP 8 and newer) or an image resource (older versions
* of PHP), returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor().
* @param int $color1 A color identifier created with imagecolorallocate().
* @param int $color2 A color identifier created with imagecolorallocate().
* @param float $opacityColor1 The blend ratio for color1, between 0 and 1. At 1 the result is entirely
* color1; at 0 it is entirely color2; 0.5 (the default) produces an even blend.
*
* @return mixed Returns a color identifier or FALSE if the allocation failed.
*/
function imageblendedcolorallocate(
$image,
$color1,
$color2,
$opacityColor1 = 0.5
) {
// Return false if either color identifier is invalid.
if ($color1 === false || $color2 === false) {
return false;
}
// Calculate $opacityColor2 based on $opacityColor1.
if ($opacityColor1 >= 0 && $opacityColor1 <= 1) {
$opacityColor2 = 1 - $opacityColor1;
} else {
$opacityColor1 = 0.5;
$opacityColor2 = 0.5;
}
// Extract RGBA components via imagecolorsforindex() to support both true color and palette images.
$componentsColor1 = imagecolorsforindex($image, $color1);
$componentsColor2 = imagecolorsforindex($image, $color2);
// Calculate $red for the color identifier.
$red = (int)round(($componentsColor1['red'] * $opacityColor1) + ($componentsColor2['red'] * $opacityColor2));
// Calculate $green for the color identifier.
$green = (int)round(
($componentsColor1['green'] * $opacityColor1) + ($componentsColor2['green'] * $opacityColor2)
);
// Calculate $blue for the color identifier.
$blue = (int)round(($componentsColor1['blue'] * $opacityColor1) + ($componentsColor2['blue'] * $opacityColor2));
// Calculate $alpha for the color identifier.
$alpha = (int)round(
($componentsColor1['alpha'] * $opacityColor1) + ($componentsColor2['alpha'] * $opacityColor2)
);
// If $alpha is greater than zero return an RGBA color identifier otherwise return an RGB color identifier.
if ($alpha > 0) {
return imagecolorallocatealpha($image, $red, $green, $blue, $alpha);
} else {
return imagecolorallocate($image, $red, $green, $blue);
}
}
}