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ImageMagic setup guide please...

Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:05 pm
by wvxvw
Hi I'm trying to setup ImageMagic on Win Apache to work with PHP 5.3. I've looked up the of. manual and help pages but they seem to be irrelevant to the current situation. So, after I download the latest PHP extension for ImageMagic and try to use it with my current ImageMagic version it fails and says that versions aren't matched.
I can build ImageMagic from sources if that's required, but I have no idea where / how to get PHP extension sources and how to build that. And, really, if possible I would like to avoid compiling those two and rather use stable builds released by their devs.
I would be grateful if someone could point me to the installation instruction / setup guide that is up to date and links to the proper builds of both libraries / programs.
Additionally, if someone could tell me what are the cons and pros of using ImageMagic vs GD I'd be very happy. And if the difference isn't crucial, then, I would be happy to stay with GD as it is much simpler.
Thanks.

Re: ImageMagic setup guide please...

Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:24 pm
by redmonkey
As far as I'm aware, currently there is no official Windows binary package of the imagick extension.

The source of the PHP imagick extension can be found on the PECL imagick project page. The documentation pages contain sections on requirements and compiling the extension.

As for pros and cons, personally I'd say that the imagick extension is more powerful in comparison to the GD extension however (for me) GD's API seems to be more intuitive and consistent but that may be due to me having spent more time working with the GD extension over the imagick extension so perhaps it's simply down familiarity.

Re: ImageMagic setup guide please...

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:59 pm
by wvxvw
Thanks for reply. Then I'll probably stick to GD.