al_have_opengl_extension(3)

al_have_opengl_extension3

Allegro 5 api

Usage

#include <allegro5/allegro_opengl.h>
bool al_have_opengl_extension(const char *extension)

Overview

This function is a helper to determine whether an OpenGL extension is available on the given display or not.

Example:

bool packedpixels = al_have_opengl_extension("GL_EXT_packed_pixels");

If packedpixels is true then you can safely use the constants related to the packed pixels extension.

Returns true if the extension is available; false otherwise.

From allegro 5.2.11.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.