PHP gdLib 8-Bit PNG with alpha

how is it possible to save my image, created with gd, as an png-8?

it saves as gif with transparent channel well – but I want to use png-8.

Best Regards, Beerweasle

Answer

Using imagesavealpha() and a transparent bg color should do the trick…

Based on dfilkovi’s code:

<?php
// Create a new true color image
$im = new imagecreatetruecolor(100, 100);

// Fill with alpha background
$alphabg = imagecolorallocatealpha($im, 0, 0, 0, 127);
imagefill($im, 0, 0, $alphabg);

// Convert to palette-based with no dithering and 255 colors with alpha
imagetruecolortopalette($im, false, 255);
imagesavealpha($im, true);

// Save the image
imagepng($im, './paletteimage.png');
imagedestroy($im);
?>