I needed an arc with a thick border and i didn't like to use 359.9 as end angle so i made a function that works pretty well:

<?php
function imagearcthick($image, $x, $y, $w, $h, $s, $e, $color, $thick = 1)
{
    if($thick == 1)
    {
        return imagearc($image, $x, $y, $w, $h, $s, $e, $color);
    }
    for($i = 1;$i<($thick+1);$i++)
    {
        imagearc($image, $x, $y, $w-($i/5), $h-($i/5),$s,$e,$color);
        imagearc($image, $x, $y, $w+($i/5), $h+($i/5), $s, $e, $color);
    }
}
?>