Requirements
I struggled to get imagick installed for mamp and dug high and low. I
was left with the impression that so many struggle with opensource and
this type of install that it is almost a right of passage. For my part, I
managed to find two threads that helped me and the steps work. A lot
of people talked about macports and pear installs which are fine(I tried
them), but 1) they sometimes don't get the latest version of what
you need and 2) I can't tell what they're doing and where they're doing it.
It's much easier to me to download the stuff where i want it and be
sure of what i got!
First of all download a tar image of the ImageMagick install from here:
sourceforge.net/projects/imagemagick/files/
Unpack it and then from terminal issue the following commands in
quotes:
1. "cd ImageMagick-6.5.7" - go where you placed the folder
2. "./configure"
3. "make"
If ImageMagick configured and compiled without complaint, you are
ready to install it on your system. Administrator privileges are
required to install. To install, type the following command in terminal:
1. "sudo make install"
To check your ImageMagick installation enter the following command
in terminal:
1. "make check"
Remember all commands are entered into terminal in the directory in
which you unzipped your downloaded ImageMagick tar file. (the latest
version of which at this time of writing is ImageMagick-6.5.7.)
Next we need to install Imagick.so which is what we want for PHP.
First of all we need to get the right file and we can get that from here:
pecl.php.net/package/imagick/download
At current writing the latest stable version is imagick-2.3.0.
Unpack the tar file and then enter the commands in quotes in terminal:
1. "cd imagick-2.2.3" - go where you placed the folder
2. "phpize"
3. "./configure --with-imagick=/opt/local"
4. "make"
5. "make install"
If you look at the bottom of the output, it will tell you where it has
placed the imagick.so module. For me it was placed in:
/imagick-2.3.0/modules
which is where i had unpacked the downloaded imagick-2.3.0 file.
Then copy it into your MAMP PHP extensions folder.
For me it was:
/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts
-20050922/
Then, for PHP to honor the the extension, add the following line to the
extensions section of your php.ini file:
extension=imagick.so
You should now have a working imagick extension with all of the
resources for php found here:
php.net/manual/en/book.imagick.php
I will not claim credit for anyone for whom this works, that goes to:
Imagemagick who posted instructions here:
www.imagemagick.org/script/install-source.php
and Wallance who posted his experience here:
www.daniweb.com/forums/thread194181.html#
I really hope this helps others because developing this stuff is
frustrating enough without spending hours or even days just trying to set
up the development environment so you can use the tools.
Installation
This » PECL extension is not bundled with PHP.
Information for installing this PECL extension may be found in the manual chapter titled Installation of PECL extensions. Additional information such as new releases, downloads, source files, maintainer information, and a CHANGELOG, can be located here: » http://pecl.php.net/package/imagick.
Note: The official name of this extension is imagick.
A DLL for this PECL extension is currently unavailable. See also the building on Windows section.
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User Contributed NotesInstallation
gmorris at ilogsystems dot com
20-Oct-2009 06:11
20-Oct-2009 06:11
elia weiss
12-Sep-2009 07:33
12-Sep-2009 07:33
if you get the following error on windows (vista):
'The application has failed to start because its side-by-side
configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log
for more detail.'
then install:
Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86)
from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads
/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2
see:
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#windows
for more info (scroll to the end of the page)
Ultimater at gmail dot com
28-Jul-2009 02:41
28-Jul-2009 02:41
Installing Imagick on Windows isn't too hard. I followed the guide at http://valokuva.org/?page_id=50 and managed to install it without too much sweat.
1. Visit http://imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#windows and download "ImageMagick-6.5.4-6-Q16-windows-dll.exe"
2. Pick a version at http://valokuva.org/outside-blog-content/imagick-windows-builds/ The directories are in YYMMDD format. The latest version that worked for me was 2008-Jul-09 so download 080709/php_imagick_dyn-Q16.dll respectively.
3. Rename php_imagick_dyn-Q16.dll to "php_imagick.dll" and move it to php/ext
4. open php.ini, and make sure
extension=php_imagick.dll
appears in the file and uncommented then resave.
Note: phpinfo() will tell you the location of the loaded php.ini file.
5. Re-start your webserver.
That's it, a simple test will tell you if your installation was successful.
<?php
$im = new Imagick();
$im->newPseudoImage(100, 100, "magick:rose");
$im->setImageFormat("png");
$im->roundCorners(5,3);
$type=$im->getFormat();
header("Content-type: $type");
echo $im->getimageblob();
?>
Anonymous
28-Apr-2009 07:54
28-Apr-2009 07:54
Installation of Imagick on Windows:
-------------------------------------------
Here an important hint for all who want to use Imagick:
First of all: Forget this PECL.
It is for Linux only.
In the old discussion boards I read that some years ago there was a DLL for PHP available on the FTP server of imagemagick.org. Once upon a time there has also been a CHM installation help file on FTP which also has been removed. The only thing you find today on the FTP server is a ridiculous text file:
ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/php/windows/README.txt
This file contains 3 links:
2 links of them are dead meanwhile.
The only working one is this:
www.dirk.sh/dirk/magickwand
a page of a chinese guy who offers a MagickWand.dll for PHP of 4 MB size (Q8, static compiled)
But he discontinoued support since 2007.
There is no installation manual available.
He only writes:
"Please ref watson's post about how to install on Windows:
redux.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?t=4708"
This page which uses stupid style sheet settings like "font-size:11%" which make parts of the text unreadable also was no help.
At the end all manuals say the same:
Copy the DLL into the "ext" folder and add the entry to the php.ini:
extension=dllname
restart the Apache and you are done.
But this is not true: it simply does NOT work on Xampp.
In a DOS box entering
PHP.exe -i > Info.txt
prints all installed modules.
You also find:
"magickwand
MagickWand Backend Library => ImageMagick
MagickWand Extension Version => 1.0.5
ImageMagick support => enabled
ImageMagick version => ImageMagick 6.3.5 09/21/07 Q8 www.imagemagick.org
ImageMagick QuantumRange (MaxRGB) => 255
MagickWand supported image formats => A, ART, AVI, AVS, B, BIE, BMP, BMP2, BMP3, etc.."
But after executing phpinfo() MagickWand does NOT appear under the installed extensions. Strange!!
And the Wand commands do NOT function like:
$resource = NewMagickWand();
I also found a php_imagick.dll of 65 kB size in the internet which also does not work. It does not even appear in
PHP -i.
There is no error in the Apache logfile!
I read all I could find in the internet and wasted 2 entire days, without success, now I'm sick of Imagick and I absolutely cannot understand why the guys of imagemagick.org don't offer a ready compiled dll with an installation manual anymore?
In general the Imagick page seems not very trustworthy:
On the download page they do never explain what is the difference between the several versions. What doess static mean?
They never explain. (Static means that the convert.exe does not depend on so many dlls. It only requires one external DLL, for that it has a size of 5 MB instead of 200 kb)
And the explanation about the difference between Q8 and Q16 version is wrong: Q8 does NOT mean 8 Bits per pixel as the download page says. It means 8 Bit per color = 24 Bit per Pixel)
And I found an ugly misdesign:
If you install the Q8 version on your local PC and want to copy the files from your harddisk to the server, then convert.exe will crash!
Convert.exe depends on a Registry Entry. And if this is missing (on a server where you have not full access) it will crash. The strangest thing is that this registry key can contain any nonsense, it only must exist! How stupid!
So if you want to execute as an alternative the commandline tools like convert.exe from your PHP code you must add this Registry entries to the server:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ImageMagick\6.5.1\Q:8\ConfigurePath
The value can be anything.
But with the commandline tools you cannot obtain the width and height of an image in your PHP code. This is not possible.