(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)
imagegrabscreen — Captures the whole screen
imagegrabscreen(): GdImage|false
Grabs a screenshot of the whole screen.
Note:
This function is only available on Windows.
This function has no parameters.
Returns an image object on success, false on failure.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 | On success, this function returns a GDImage instance now; previously, a resource was returned. |
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"); ?>
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