Question

I have a PNG watermark image with transparent background. But randomly it generates a white background instead of staying transparent.

// Watermark
$watermark = imagecreatefrompng($docRoot . '/images/misc/watermark.png');
list($mwidth, $mheight) = getimagesize($docRoot . '/images/misc/watermark.png');

// Combinde watermark image with image already generated in $dst
imagecopy($dst, $watermark, $tnWidth-$mwidth-5, $tnHeight-$mheight-5, 0, 0, $mwidth, $mheight);

Solution is to add:

imagealphablending($dst, true);
imagesavealpha($dst, true);

Complete code:

// Watermark
$watermark = imagecreatefrompng($docRoot . '/images/misc/watermark.png');
list($mwidth, $mheight) = getimagesize($docRoot . '/images/misc/watermark.png');

imagealphablending($dst, true);
imagesavealpha($dst, true);

// Combinde watermark image with image already generated in $dst
imagecopy($dst, $watermark, $tnWidth-$mwidth-5, $tnHeight-$mheight-5, 0, 0, $mwidth,

Answer 1

Save $dst with an alpha channel, not $watermark.

// Watermark
$watermark = imagecreatefrompng($docRoot . '/images/misc/watermark.png');
list($mwidth, $mheight) = getimagesize($docRoot . '/images/misc/watermark.png');

imagealphablending($dst, false);
imagesavealpha($dst, true);

// Combinde watermark image with image already generated in $dst
imagecopy($dst, $watermark, $tnWidth-$mwidth-5, $tnHeight-$mheight-5, 0, 0, $mwidth, $mheight);