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^GD and Image FunctionsLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

imagetypes

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

imagetypes — Return the image types supported by this PHP build

Description

function imagetypes(): int

Returns the image types supported by the current PHP installation.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns a bit-field corresponding to the image formats supported by the version of GD linked into PHP. The following bits are returned, IMG_AVIF | IMG_BMP | IMG_GIF | IMG_JPG | IMG_PNG | IMG_WBMP | IMG_XPM | IMG_WEBP.

Changelog

Version Description
8.1.0 IMG_AVIF added.
7.2.0 IMG_BMP added.
7.0.10 IMG_WEBP added.

Examples

Example #1 Checking for PNG support

<?php
if (imagetypes() & IMG_PNG) {
    echo "PNG Support is enabled";
}
?>

See Also

  • gd_info() - Retrieve information about the currently installed GD library

<imagettftextimagewbmp>
^GD and Image FunctionsLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026