PHP | imagefilledrectangle() Function (original) (raw)
Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025
The imagefilledrectangle() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to create a filled rectangle. This function creates a rectangle filled with a given color in the image. The top left corner of the image is (0, 0). Syntax:
bool imagefilledrectangle( image,image, image,x1, y1,y1, y1,x2, y2,y2, y2,color )
Parameters: This function accepts six parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- $image: It is returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor(). It is used to create size of image.
- $x1: This parameter is used to set the x-coordinate for point 1.
- $y1: This parameter is used to set the y-coordinate for point 1.
- $x2: This parameter is used to set the x-coordinate for point 2.
- $y2: This parameter is used to set the y-coordinate for point 2.
- $color: This parameter contains the filled color identifier. A color identifier created with imagecolorallocate() function.
Return Value: This function returns True on success or False on failure. Below programs illustrate the imagefilledrectangle() function in PHP:Program 1:
php `
green=imagecolorallocate(green = imagecolorallocate(green=imagecolorallocate(image, 0, 153, 0); // Draw the rectangle of green color imagefilledrectangle($image, 20, 20, 480, 280, $green); // Output image in png format header("Content-type: image/png"); imagepng($image); // Free memory imagedestroy($image); ?>`
Output: 
Program 2:
php `
white=imagecolorallocate(white = imagecolorallocate(white=imagecolorallocate(image, 255, 255, 255); // Draw the rectangle of white color imagefilledrectangle($image, 20, 20, 480, 280, $white); // Output image header("Content-type: image/png"); imagepng($image); // Free memory imagedestroy($image); ?>`
Output: 
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Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagefilledrectangle.php