richarddobron/php-avg-color-picker

The PHP Average Color Picker Library

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README

The PHP Average Color Picker Library

A simple, lightweight and fast PHP function that uses the GD library to extract the average color of an image.

Note

Keep in mind that this function will return the average color of an image, not the main color.

📖 Requirements

  • PHP 7.0 or higher
  • Composer is required for installation
  • PHP Extensions: ext-mbstring, ext-gd, ext-fileinfo, ext-ctype

📦 Installation

Install the library using Composer:

$ composer require richarddobron/php-avg-color-picker

👀 Example

Input - The Image Path

Input

Output - The Image Average Color

Output

⚡️ Quick Start

Here’s how to use the library to determine the average color of an image:

<?php

use Dobron\AvgColorPicker\Gd\AvgColorPicker;

$imageAvgRgbColor = (new AvgColorPicker)->getImageAvgRgb('image.png');
// or
$imageAvgRgbColor = (new AvgColorPicker)->getImageAvgRgb(imagecreatefrompng('image.png'));

var_dump($imageAvgRgbColor); // array(255, 255, 255)
<?php

use Dobron\AvgColorPicker\Gd\AvgColorPicker;

$imageAvgHexColor = (new AvgColorPicker)->getImageAvgHex('image.gif');
// or
$imageAvgHexColor = (new AvgColorPicker)->getImageAvgHex(imagecreatefromgif('image.gif'));

var_dump($imageAvgHexColor); // string(7) "#ffffff"

🧪 Testing

$ composer tests

🤝 Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

⚖️ License

This repository is MIT licensed, as found in the LICENSE file.