Php Imagecolorallocatealpha
# PHP imagecolorallocatealpha - Allocate Color and Transparency for an Image
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imagecolorallocatealpha β Allocate color and transparency for an image.
### Syntax
int imagecolorallocatealpha ( resource $image , int $red , int $green , int $blue , int $alpha )
imagecolorallocatealpha() behaves the same as imagecolorallocate(), but with an additional transparency parameter alpha, whose value ranges from 0 to 127. 0 indicates completely opaque, and 127 indicates completely transparent.
Returns FALSE if allocation fails.
**Note:** This function requires GD 2.0.1 or higher (recommended 2.0.28 and higher).
### Example
The output image from the above example is as follows:
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