imagegrabscreen

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)

imagegrabscreenCaptures the whole screen

Description

imagegrabscreen(): GdImage|false

Grabs a screenshot of the whole screen.

Note:

This function is only available on Windows.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns an image object on success, false on failure.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 On success, this function returns a GDImage instance now; previously, a resource was returned.

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);
?>

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