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imagegrabscreen

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2, PHP 7)

imagegrabscreenCaptures the whole screen

Description

imagegrabscreen ( ) : resource

Grabs a screenshot of the whole screen.

Note:

This function is only available on Windows.

Return Values

Returns an image resource identifier on success, false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 imagegrabscreen() example

This example demonstrates how to take a screenshot of the current screen and save it as a png image.

<?php
$im = imagegrabscreen();
imagepng($im, "myscreenshot.png");
imagedestroy($im);
?>

See Also

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https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagegrabscreen.php