# imageellipse

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)

imageellipse — Draw an ellipse

### Description

bool imageellipse ( resource `$image` , int `$cx` , int `$cy` , int `$width` , int `$height` , int `$color` )

Draws an ellipse centered at the specified coordinates.

### Parameters

`image`

  An image resource, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor().

`cx`

  x-coordinate of the center

`cy`

  y-coordinate of the center

`width`

  The ellipse width

`height`

  The ellipse height

`color`

  The color of the ellipse. A color identifier created with imagecolorallocate()

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example#1 imageellipse() example

`<?php
// create a blank image
$image = imagecreatetruecolor(400, 300);
// fill the background color
$bg = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 0);
// choose a color for the ellipse
$col_ellipse = imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 255, 255);
// draw the ellipse
imageellipse($image, 200, 150, 300, 200, $col_ellipse);
// output the picture
header("Content-type: image/png");
imagepng($image);
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

### Notes

> Note: This function requires GD 2.0.2 or later.

### See Also

- imagefilledellipse()
- imagearc()