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imageblendedcolorallocate.php
<?php
/**
* Imageblendedcolorallocate v1.1.1
*
* 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 double $opacityColor1 A value between 0 and 1. 1 indicates completely opaque while 0 indicates
* completely transparent.
*
* @return mixed Returns a color identifier or FALSE if the allocation failed.
*/
function imageblendedcolorallocate(
$image,
$color1,
$color2,
$opacityColor1 = 0.5
) {
// Calculate $opacityColor2 based on $opacityColor1.
if ($opacityColor1 >= 0 && $opacityColor1 <= 1) {
$opacityColor2 = 1 - $opacityColor1;
} else {
$opacityColor1 = 0.5;
$opacityColor2 = 0.5;
}
// Calculate $red for the color identifier.
$redColor1 = ($color1 >> 16) & 0xFF;
$redColor2 = ($color2 >> 16) & 0xFF;
$red = $redColor1 * $opacityColor1;
$red += $redColor2 * $opacityColor2;
$red = round($red);
// Calculate $green for the color identifier.
$greenColor1 = ($color1 >> 8) & 0xFF;
$greenColor2 = ($color2 >> 8) & 0xFF;
$green = $greenColor1 * $opacityColor1;
$green += $greenColor2 * $opacityColor2;
$green = round($green);
// Calculate $blue for the color identifier.
$blueColor1 = $color1 & 0xFF;
$blueColor2 = $color2 & 0xFF;
$blue = $blueColor1 * $opacityColor1;
$blue += $blueColor2 * $opacityColor2;
$blue = round($blue);
// Calculate $alpha for the color identifier.
$alphaColor1 = imagecolorsforindex($image, $color1);
$alphaColor1 = $alphaColor1['alpha'];
$alphaColor2 = imagecolorsforindex($image, $color2);
$alphaColor2 = $alphaColor2['alpha'];
$alpha = $alphaColor1 * $opacityColor1;
$alpha += $alphaColor2 * $opacityColor2;
$alpha = round($alpha);
// 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);
}
}
}