wp_load_image( string $file ): resource|GdImage|string

3197function wp_load_image( $file ) {3198	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.5.0', 'wp_get_image_editor()' );3199 3200	if ( is_numeric( $file ) )3201		$file = get_attached_file( $file );3202 3203	if ( ! is_file( $file ) ) {3204		/* translators: %s: File name. */3205		return sprintf( __( 'File &#8220;%s&#8221; does not exist?' ), $file );3206	}3207 3208	if ( ! function_exists('imagecreatefromstring') )3209		return __('The GD image library is not installed.');3210 3211	// Set artificially high because GD uses uncompressed images in memory.3212	wp_raise_memory_limit( 'image' );3213 3214	$image = imagecreatefromstring( file_get_contents( $file ) );3215 3216	if ( ! is_gd_image( $image ) ) {3217		/* translators: %s: File name. */3218		return sprintf( __( 'File &#8220;%s&#8221; is not an image.' ), $file );3219	}3220 3221	return $image;3222}