imageline
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
imageline — Draw a line
Description
   bool imageline
    ( resource $image
   , int $x1
   , int $y1
   , int $x2
   , int $y2
   , int $color
   )
  Draws a line between the two given points.
Parameters
- image
- 
An image resource, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor(). 
- x1
- 
      x-coordinate for first point. 
- y1
- 
      y-coordinate for first point. 
- x2
- 
      x-coordinate for second point. 
- y2
- 
      y-coordinate for second point. 
- color
- 
      The line color. A color identifier created with imagecolorallocate(). 
Return Values
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example #1 Drawing a thick line
<?php
function imagelinethick($image, $x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $color, $thick = 1)
{
    /* this way it works well only for orthogonal lines
    imagesetthickness($image, $thick);
    return imageline($image, $x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $color);
    */
    if ($thick == 1) {
        return imageline($image, $x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $color);
    }
    $t = $thick / 2 - 0.5;
    if ($x1 == $x2 || $y1 == $y2) {
        return imagefilledrectangle($image, round(min($x1, $x2) - $t), round(min($y1, $y2) - $t), round(max($x1, $x2) + $t), round(max($y1, $y2) + $t), $color);
    }
    $k = ($y2 - $y1) / ($x2 - $x1); //y = kx + q
    $a = $t / sqrt(1 + pow($k, 2));
    $points = array(
        round($x1 - (1+$k)*$a), round($y1 + (1-$k)*$a),
        round($x1 - (1-$k)*$a), round($y1 - (1+$k)*$a),
        round($x2 + (1+$k)*$a), round($y2 - (1-$k)*$a),
        round($x2 + (1-$k)*$a), round($y2 + (1+$k)*$a),
    );
    imagefilledpolygon($image, $points, 4, $color);
    return imagepolygon($image, $points, 4, $color);
}
?>
See Also
- imagecreatetruecolor() - Create a new true color image
- imagecolorallocate() - Allocate a color for an image