In order to install the imagick PHP extension on Windows, you need to know the exact version of your PHP. To do this: open a command prompt and enter these commands:
Determine the PHP version:
php -i|find "PHP Version"
Determine the thread safety
php -i|find "Thread Safety"
You’ll have enabled
for thread safe or disabled
for not thread safe
Determine the architecture
php -i|find "Architecture"
You’ll have x86
for 32 bits and x64
for 64 bits
Once you
determined the above parameters, you have to download the dll of the PHP extension and the ImageMagick archive using the following table:
Version | Thread Safe | Architecture | Estension |
---|
5.5
| Yes
| x86
| php_imagick-3.4.3-5.5-ts-vc11-x86.zip
|
5.5
| Yes
| x64
| php_imagick-3.4.3-5.5-ts-vc11-x64.zip
|
5.5
| No
| x86
| php_imagick-3.4.3-5.5-nts-vc11-x86.zip
|
5.5
| No
| x64
| php_imagick-3.4.3-5.5-nts-vc11-x64.zip
|
5.6
| Yes
| x86
| php_imagick-3.4.3-5.6-ts-vc11-x86.zip
|
5.6
| Yes
| x64
| php_imagick-3.4.3-5.6-ts-vc11-x64.zip
|
5.6
| No
| x86
| php_imagick-3.4.3-5.6-nts-vc11-x86.zip
|
5.6
| No
| x64
| php_imagick-3.4.3-5.6-nts-vc11-x64.zip
|
7.0
| Yes
| x86
| php_imagick-3.4.3-7.0-ts-vc14-x86.zip
|
7.0
| Yes
| x64
| php_imagick-3.4.3-7.0-ts-vc14-x64.zip
|
7.0
| No
| x86
| php_imagick-3.4.3-7.0-nts-vc14-x86.zip
|
7.0
| No
| x64
| php_imagick-3.4.3-7.0-nts-vc14-x64.zip
|
7.1
| Yes
| x86
| php_imagick-3.4.4-7.1-ts-vc14-x86.zip
|
7.1
| Yes
| x64
| php_imagick-3.4.4-7.1-ts-vc14-x64.zip
|
7.1
| No
| x86
| php_imagick-3.4.4-7.1-nts-vc14-x86.zip
|
7.1
| No
| x64
| php_imagick-3.4.4-7.1-nts-vc14-x64.zip
|
7.2
| Yes
| x86
| php_imagick-3.4.4-7.2-ts-vc15-x86.zip
|
7.2
| Yes
| x64
| php_imagick-3.4.4-7.2-ts-vc15-x64.zip
|
7.2
| No
| x86
| php_imagick-3.4.4-7.2-nts-vc15-x86.zip
|
7.2
| No
| x64
| php_imagick-3.4.4-7.2-nts-vc15-x64.zip
|
7.3
| Yes
| x86
| php_imagick-3.6.0-7.3-ts-vc15-x86.zip
|
7.3
| Yes
| x64
| php_imagick-3.6.0-7.3-ts-vc15-x64.zip
|
7.3
| No
| x86
| php_imagick-3.6.0-7.3-nts-vc15-x86.zip
|
7.3
| No
| x64
| php_imagick-3.6.0-7.3-nts-vc15-x64.zip
|
7.4
| Yes
| x86
| php_imagick-3.7.0-7.4-ts-vc15-x86.zip
|
7.4
| Yes
| x64
| php_imagick-3.7.0-7.4-ts-vc15-x64.zip
|
7.4
| No
| x86
| php_imagick-3.7.0-7.4-nts-vc15-x86.zip
|
7.4
| No
| x64
| php_imagick-3.7.0-7.4-nts-vc15-x64.zip
|
8.0
| Yes
| x86
| php_imagick-3.7.0-8.0-ts-vs16-x86.zip
|
8.0
| Yes
| x64
| php_imagick-3.7.0-8.0-ts-vs16-x64.zip
|
8.0
| No
| x86
| php_imagick-3.7.0-8.0-nts-vs16-x86.zip
|
8.0
| No
| x64
| php_imagick-3.7.0-8.0-nts-vs16-x64.zip
|
8.1
| Yes
| x86
| php_imagick-3.7.0-8.1-ts-vs16-x86.zip
|
8.1
| Yes
| x64
| php_imagick-3.7.0-8.1-ts-vs16-x64.zip
|
8.1
| No
| x86
| php_imagick-3.7.0-8.1-nts-vs16-x86.zip
|
8.1
| No
| x64
| php_imagick-3.7.0-8.1-nts-vs16-x64.zip
|
Once you downloaded the correct files:
- Extract from
php_imagick-….zip
the php_imagick.dll
file, and save it to the ext
directory of your PHP installation - Extract from
php_imagick-….zip
the other DLL files (they may start with CORE_RL
, FILTER
, IM_MOD_RL
, or ImageMagickObject
depending on the version), and save them to the PHP root directory (where you have php.exe
), or to a directory in your PATH
variable - Add this line to your
php.ini
file:
extension=php_imagick.dll
- Restart
the Apache/NGINX Windows service (if applicable)
To test if the extension works, you can run this PHP code:
$image = new Imagick();
$image->newImage(1, 1, new ImagickPixel('#ffffff'));
$image->setImageFormat('png');
$pngData = $image->getImagesBlob();
echo strpos($pngData, "\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") === 0 ? 'Ok' : 'Failed';
What does PHP imagick do?
Imagick is a PHP extension to create and modify images using the ImageMagick library. There is also a version of Imagick available for HHVM. Although the two extensions are mostly compatible in their API, and they both call the ImageMagick library, the two extensions are completely separate code-bases.
What is the use of imagick?
Use ImageMagick® to create, edit, compose, or convert digital images. It can read and write images in a variety of formats (over 200) including PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, HEIC, SVG, PDF, DPX, EXR and TIFF.
What is imagick library?
Imagick and GD are popular image optimization libraries in PHP applications. While they both perform many of the same actions, they operate a bit different from each other and offer different benefits. Overall, these two libraries are used for: Resizing/cropping images. Modifying the contents of an image.
Is imagick the same as ImageMagick?
ImageMagick is a PHP utility, a command line tool for image manipulation. For further details, see this. Imagick is an API or a class that performs the function same as ImageMagick. It provides numerous functions for image manipulation in PHP.