This function has been deprecated. Use wp_get_image_editor() instead.

wp_load_image( string $file )

Load an image from a string, if PHP supports it.

Description

See also

Parameters

$file

(string) (Required) Filename of the image to load.

Return

(resource) The resulting image resource on success, Error string on failure.

Source

File: wp-includes/deprecated.php 

function wp_load_image( $file ) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, 'WP-3.5.0', 'wp_get_image_editor()' );

	if ( is_numeric( $file ) )
		$file = get_attached_file( $file );

	if ( ! is_file( $file ) ) {
		/* translators: %s: file name */
		return sprintf( __( 'File “%s” doesn’t exist?' ), $file );
	}

	if ( ! function_exists('imagecreatefromstring') )
		return __('The GD image library is not installed.');

	// Set artificially high because GD uses uncompressed images in memory.
	wp_raise_memory_limit( 'image' );

	$image = imagecreatefromstring( file_get_contents( $file ) );

	if ( ! is_resource( $image ) ) {
		/* translators: %s: file name */
		return sprintf( __( 'File “%s” is not an image.' ), $file );
	}

	return $image;
}

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Related

Uses

Uses
Uses Description
wp-includes/l10n.php: __()

Retrieve the translation of $text.
wp-includes/post.php: get_attached_file()

Retrieve attached file path based on attachment ID.
wp-includes/functions.php: wp_raise_memory_limit()

Attempts to raise the PHP memory limit for memory intensive processes.
wp-includes/functions.php: _deprecated_function()

Mark a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-3.5.0 Use wp_get_image_editor()
WP-2.1.0 Introduced. This function has been deprecated. Use wp_get_image_editor() instead.