file_put_contents() is issuing an error when trying to export an image

Question

I have created an image by copying a number of images into a new one. In the last step of my program, I am trying to export this file into a folder.

The code is as

Answer 1

$export is going to be a GD image handle. It is NOT something you can simply dump out to a file and expect to get a JPG or PNG image..

For that, you should be doing

imagepng($export, "../pidjin/$bits etc...");

which will create the .PNG file for you.