Output a WebP image to browser or file

Description

bool imagewebp ( resource $image [, mixed $to = NULL [, int $quality = 80 ]] )

Outputs or saves a WebP version of the given image.

Parameters

image: An image resource, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor().
to: The path or an open stream resource (which is automatically being closed after this function returns) to save the file to. If not set or NULL, the raw image stream will be outputted directly.
quality: quality ranges from 0 (worst quality, smaller file) to 100 (best quality, biggest file).

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Caution

However, if libgd fails to output the image, this function returns TRUE.

Changelog

Version	Description
5.4.0	Added support for passing a stream resource to `to`.

Examples

Example #1 Saving an WebP file


<?php
// Create a blank image and add some text
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(120, 20);
$text_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 233, 14, 91);

imagestring($im, 1, 5, 5,  'WebP with PHP', $text_color);

// Save the image
imagewebp($im, 'php.webp');

// Free up memory
imagedestroy($im);
?>