ImageMagick is a powerful image manipulation tool used to create, edit, and convert bitmap images in various formats. When paired with the imagick PHP extension, it enables seamless integration of image handling within PHP applications. Whether you're working with dynamic image resizing, file format conversion, or advanced image processing features, ImageMagick provides a comprehensive solution. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the process of installing ImageMagick and the imagick PHP extension using cPanel’s EasyApache 4, making it easier to enhance your website’s media capabilities.
This is fairly simple, just copy and paste the following into SSH.
1. Installing imagemagick:
yum -y install ImageMagick-devel ImageMagick-c++-devel ImageMagick-perl
2. Installing the imagemagick PHP extensions for all installed PHP versions.
for phpver in $(whmapi1 php_get_installed_versions|grep -oE '\bea-php.*') ; do
printf "\autodetect" | /opt/cpanel/$phpver/root/usr/bin/pecl install imagick
echo 'extension=imagick.so' >> /opt/cpanel/$phpver/root/etc/php.d/imagick.ini
done
/scripts/restartsrv_httpd
/scripts/restartsrv_apache_php_fpm
3. Test to make sure imagemagick is installed:
/usr/bin/convert --version
4. Test to make sure the PHP extensions loaded:
for phpver in $(whmapi1 php_get_installed_versions|grep -oE '\bea-php.*') ; do
echo "PHP $phpver" ; /opt/cpanel/$phpver/root/usr/bin/php -m |grep imagick
done
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