The Imagick::montageImage() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to create a composite image by combining the many separated images. This function composite the images into the tiles form with the name of image optionally.
Syntax:
Imagick Imagick::montageImage( ImagickDraw $draw, string $tile_geometry,
string $thumbnail_geometry, int $mode, string $frame )
Parameters: This function accepts five parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- $draw: It specifies the font name, size, and color.
- $tile_geometry: It specifies the number of tiles per row and page.
- $thumbnail_geometry: It specifies the preferred image size and border size of each thumbnail.
- $mode: It contains an integer value corresponding to one of MONTAGEMODE constants.
- $frame: It specifies whether surrounds the image with an ornamental border.
List of all MONTAGEMODE constants are given below:
- imagick::MONTAGEMODE_FRAME (1)
- imagick::MONTAGEMODE_UNFRAME (2)
- imagick::MONTAGEMODE_CONCATENATE (3)
Return Value: This function returns a new Imagick object on success.
Exceptions: This function throws ImagickException on error.
Below programs illustrate the Imagick::montageImage() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php // Create a new Imagick object $imagick = new Imagick( // Create a montage $result = $imagick->montageImage(new ImagickDraw(), '4x2', '150x100+2+2', imagick::MONTAGEMODE_UNFRAME, "2x2+3+3"); // Display the image $result->setImageFormat('png'); header("Content-Type: image/png"); echo $result->getImageBlob(); ?> |
Output:
Program 2:
<?php // Create a new Imagick object $imagick = new Imagick(); // Create a new Image with label $imagick->newimage(1000, 800, 'green'); $imagick->labelImage('green'); // Add a new Image with label $imagick->addImage(new imagick( $imagick->labelImage('Image1'); // Add a new Image with label $imagick->addImage(new imagick( $imagick->labelImage('Image2'); // Create a new Image with label $imagick->newimage(1000, 800, 'blue'); $imagick->labelImage('blue'); // Create a new Image with label $imagick->newimage(1000, 800, 'violet'); $imagick->labelImage('violet'); // Create a new Image with label $imagick->newimage(1000, 800, 'cyan'); $imagick->labelImage('cyan'); // Create a montage $result = $imagick->montageImage(new ImagickDraw(), "3x2+0+0", "200x160+3+3>", Imagick::MONTAGEMODE_CONCATENATE, "10x10+2+2"); // Display the image $result->setImageFormat('png'); header("Content-Type: image/png"); echo $result->getImageBlob(); ?> |
Output:
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/imagick.montageimage.php
