###### (This is the documentation for SDL3, which is under heavy development and the API is changing! [SDL2](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL2/) is the current stable version!)
# SDL_LoadBMP

Load a BMP image from a file.

## Header File

Defined in [<SDL3/SDL_surface.h>](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/main/include/SDL3/SDL_surface.h)

## Syntax

```c
SDL_Surface* SDL_LoadBMP(const char *file);

```

## Function Parameters

|              |                      |
| ------------ | -------------------- |
| **file**     | the BMP file to load |

## Return Value

Returns a pointer to a new [SDL_Surface](SDL_Surface) structure or NULL if
there was an error; call [SDL_GetError](SDL_GetError)() for more
information.

## Remarks

The new surface should be freed with
[SDL_DestroySurface](SDL_DestroySurface)(). Not doing so will result in a
memory leak.

## Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

## See Also

* [SDL_DestroySurface](SDL_DestroySurface)
* [SDL_LoadBMP_IO](SDL_LoadBMP_IO)
* [SDL_SaveBMP](SDL_SaveBMP)

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[CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIFunction](CategoryAPIFunction), [CategorySurface](CategorySurface)