ImageMagick is installed on all Ultra Web Hosting servers and is available for image processing from PHP scripts, Perl, and command-line tools.
/usr/bin/convert
The main ImageMagick binary is at /usr/bin/convert. Other ImageMagick tools like identify, composite, and mogrify are in /usr/bin/ as well. If an application asks for the "ImageMagick directory," enter /usr/bin.
01. Common ImageMagick Paths
- convert:
/usr/bin/convert - identify:
/usr/bin/identify - composite:
/usr/bin/composite - mogrify:
/usr/bin/mogrify - ImageMagick directory:
/usr/bin
02. Using ImageMagick in PHP
PHP's Imagick extension provides a native interface to ImageMagick without needing to call the command-line tools. This is the recommended approach:
<?php
$image = new Imagick('input.jpg');
$image->resizeImage(800, 600, Imagick::FILTER_LANCZOS, 1);
$image->writeImage('output.jpg');
?>The Imagick extension is available on our servers. You can verify it is loaded by checking phpinfo() for the "imagick" section, or by running php -m | grep imagick via SSH.
For all server paths including PHP, Perl, Python, and other tools, see Server Paths - PHP, Perl, Python and More.
Need a Specific Module?
If you need a server module or library installed, see How to Request a Server Module Installation.
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- ImageMagick path:
/usr/bin/convert - Directory:
/usr/bin - PHP Imagick extension is available for native PHP integration
- All tools in /usr/bin - convert, identify, composite, mogrify
- See Server Paths article for other binary locations
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