The ImagickDraw::pathStart() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to declare the start of a path drawing list. Later, pathFinish() function is used to terminate this list.
Syntax:
bool ImagickDraw::pathStart( void )
Parameters: This function doesn’t accept any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success.
Exceptions: This function throws ImagickException on error.
Below programs illustrate the ImagickDraw::pathStart() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php // Create a new Imagick object $imagick = new Imagick(); // Create a image on Imagick object $imagick ->newImage(800, 250, 'white' ); // Create a new ImagickDraw object $draw = new ImagickDraw(); // Set the stroke width $draw ->setStrokeWidth(10); $draw ->setFillColor( 'green' ); // Start the path $draw ->pathStart(); // Draw a pattern $draw ->pathMoveToRelative(400, 200); $draw ->pathLineToAbsolute(400, 100); $draw ->pathLineToAbsolute(300, 200); $draw ->pathLineToAbsolute(300, 100); // End the path $draw ->pathFinish(); // Render the draw commands $imagick ->drawImage( $draw ); // Show the output $imagick ->setImageFormat( 'png' ); header( "Content-Type: image/png" ); echo $imagick ->getImageBlob(); ?> |
Output:
Program 2:
<?php // Create a new imagick object $imagick = new Imagick(); // Create a image on imagick object $imagick ->newImage(800, 250, 'white' ); // Create a new ImagickDraw object $draw = new ImagickDraw(); // Set the stroke width $draw ->setStrokeWidth(10); // Set the stroke color $draw ->setStrokeColor( 'red' ); // Set the fill color $draw ->setFillColor( 'white' ); // Start the path $draw ->pathStart(); $x = 1; // Draw a pattern while ( $x < 10) { $draw ->pathMoveToAbsolute( $x * 100, 0); $draw ->pathLineToHorizontalAbsolute( $x * 100); $draw ->pathMoveToAbsolute(0, $x * 100); $x ++; } $draw ->pathclose(); // End the path $draw ->pathFinish(); // Render the draw commands $imagick ->drawImage( $draw ); // Show the output $imagick ->setImageFormat( 'png' ); header( "Content-Type: image/png" ); echo $imagick ->getImageBlob(); ?> |
Output:
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/imagickdraw.pathstart.php