DJ Mike's Tutorials: PHP

Imagemagick Functions

Imagick::readImageBlob

Description:

bool Imagick::readImageBlob ( string $image [, string $filename ] )

Reads image from a binary string

Parameters

image

String representing image as a blob

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws ImagickException on error.

Example

<?
$url = "http://eclecticdjs.com/mike/tutorials/php/imagemagick/examples_07/opossum.jpg";

# read image as a blob instead of from a file path
$blob = file_get_contents("$url");
$image = new imagick();
$image->readImageBlob("$blob");

# round the corners
$image->roundcorners( 20, 20 );

# get the original image fomat
$format = $image->getformat(); 

# write headers for original format 
header("content-type:image/$format");
echo "$image";
?>

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