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PHP | Imagick writeImageFile() Function

The Imagick::writeImageFile() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to write the image sequence to an open filehandle. The handle must be opened with fopen.

Syntax:

bool Imagick::writeImageFile( resource $filehandle, string $format )

Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:

  • $filehandle: It specifies the filehandle.
  • $format (Optional): It specifies the format of image. Default value is taken from filename from handle.

Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success.

Exceptions: This function throws ImagickException on error.

Below given programs illustrate the Imagick::writeImageFile() function in PHP:

Program 1:




<?php 
  
// Create a new imagick object 
$imagick = new Imagick(
    
// Create a file handle with read/write access
$myfile = 'writeimagefile.png';
$handle = fopen($myfile, 'w+'); 
    
// Write image to filehandle without format
$imagick->writeImageFile($handle); 
  
// Get image from filehandle
$newImage = new Imagick();
$newImage->readImageFile($handle);
header("Content-Type: image/png");
echo $newImage->getImageBlob();
?>


Output:

Program 2:




<?php 
// Create a new imagick object 
$imagick = new Imagick(
  
// Add floodfillPaintImage
$imagick->floodfillPaintImage("green", 1, "white", 1, 1, false);
  
// Create a file handle 
$myfile = 'writeimagefile2';
$handle = fopen($myfile, 'w+'); 
    
// Write image to filehandle with png format
$imagick->writeImageFile($handle, 'png'); 
  
// Get image from filehandle
$newImage = new Imagick();
$newImage->readImageFile($handle);
header("Content-Type: image/png");
echo $newImage->getImageBlob();
?>


Output:

Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/imagick.writeimagefile.php

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