(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)
imagegrabscreen — Captures the whole screen
Grabs a screenshot of the whole screen.
Note:
This function is only available on Windows.
This function has no parameters.
Returns an image object on success, false on failure.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 | On success, this function returns a GDImage instance now; previously, a resource was returned. |
Example #1 imagegrabscreen() example
This example demonstrates how to take a screenshot of the current screen and save it as a png image.
<?php
$im = imagegrabscreen();
imagepng($im, "myscreenshot.png");
imagedestroy($im);
?>If you have multiple displays set up, this function will only grab the primary display; not all of them like you would with the 'Print Screen' key.
Also, this should be pretty obvious but I'll mention it anyway, if you're running GPU-intensive applications (not CPU), calling this function will cause quite some significant lag to your machine and server response until the request is complete.