#Imagemagick mac os x install

We strongly recommend upgrading to the latest version (greater than 6.9.1 or 7.x) if at all possible.

ImageMagick, the library that the Imagick extension exposes to PHP has had many bug fixes, that have fixed many image corruption issues. ExamplesĪlmost all of the functions in the library have an example at where you can see the example code to call the function, as well as the generated image or output. If using Imagick on NixOS, you probably want to define FONTCONFIG_FILE to avoid a warning message when loading fonts, and MAGICK_CONFIGURE_PATH to have all the information available from Imagick::getConfigureOptions(). Running against a different version of ImageMagick is known to cause stability issues, and so is not recommended or supported. Once compiled, Imagick should be run with the same version of ImageMagick that it was compiled against.

#Imagemagick mac os x install

Installing on Windowsįor Windows please install both Imagick and the underlying ImageMagick library from: You will also need to add extension=imagick.so to your PHP ini file to make PHP load the extension. Once ImageMagick is installed, the following commands will compile and install Imagick: If you need to compile Imagick from source, first you should install ImageMagick, at least version 6.2.4 but it is STRONGLY recommended to use a more recent version due to the many bug fixes in it. apt, yum, brew, as they will also install ImageMagick for you. The best way of installing Imagick is through a package manager e.g. PHP Imagickīugs can also be reported at but may have a slower response time. 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. There is also a version of Imagick available for HHVM. Imagick is a PHP extension to create and modify images using the ImageMagick library.