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<code class="function">SetBgImage</code> sets an image file to be used as the graph
background. The image can be scaled or tiled to fit.
</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a id="idp1377806580"></a><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>$input_file</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
Path to the file to be used. The file can be any type allowed by GD, which
usually includes JPEG, GIF, and PNG.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>$mode</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
Optional display mode for the background image: one of the strings
'centeredtile', 'tile', or 'scale'. The default is 'centeredtile'.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a id="idp1377809148"></a><h2>Notes</h2><p>
If a background image has been set, background color (set with
<a class="xref" href="SetBackgroundColor.html" title="SetBackgroundColor"><span class="refentrytitle">SetBackgroundColor</span></a>) is ignored.
</p><p>
Scale mode scales the supplied background image file to fit the image area
of the entire graph. Tile and centeredtile modes repeat the supplied
background image file as needed to fit the image area of the graph. The
difference is that centeredtile offsets the start position within the
background image by half its size, which works better for some images.
</p><p>
SetBgImage sets a background for the entire image area, while
<a class="xref" href="SetPlotAreaBgImage.html" title="SetPlotAreaBgImage"><span class="refentrytitle">SetPlotAreaBgImage</span></a> sets a background for
the plot area (generally, the area between the axes).
If both are used, the plot area background overlays that portion
of the overall background.
</p><p>
If <code class="varname">$input_file</code> is <code class="literal">NULL</code>, no background
image will be used.
</p><p>
If you are going to use a JPEG file for the image background, you should be
using a truecolor PHPlot image. Truecolor images do not have a
limited-size color map like palette images (which PHPlot uses by default).
If you use palette image with a JPEG background, the background will
likely overflow your image's color map and leave no free color slots for PHPlot
to use for plot elements. The same is true if using a 24-bit color
(non-mapped) PNG file for a background if it has many colors.
For more on truecolor PHPlot images, see <a class="xref" href="adv-truecolor.html" title="4.3. Truecolor Images">Section 4.3, “Truecolor Images”</a>.
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