# How to combine a multi-page pdf file into a single long image:
<?php
$im1 = new Imagick();
$im1->readImage('multi-page-pdf.pdf');
$im1->resetIterator();
# Combine multiple images into one, stacked vertically.
$ima = $im1->appendImages(true);
$ima->setImageFormat("png");
header("Content-Type: image/png");
echo $ima;
?>
Imagick::appendImages
(PECL imagick 2.0.0)
Imagick::appendImages — Append a set of images
Description
Append a set of images into one larger image.
Parameters
-
stack -
Whether to stack the images vertically. By default (or if
FALSEis specified) images are stacked left-to-right. IfstackisTRUE, images are stacked top-to-bottom.
Return Values
Returns Imagick instance on success.
Errors/Exceptions
Throws ImagickException on error.
Examples
Example #1 Imagick::appendImages() example
<?php
/* Create new imagick object */
$im = new Imagick();
/* create red, green and blue images */
$im->newImage(100, 50, "red");
$im->newImage(100, 50, "green");
$im->newImage(100, 50, "blue");
/* Append the images into one */
$im->resetIterator();
$combined = $im->appendImages(true);
/* Output the image */
$combined->setImageFormat("png");
header("Content-Type: image/png");
echo $combined;
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
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Brandon ¶
9 years ago
adao at adao dot eti dot br ¶
5 years ago
# change $ima to $ima->getimagesblob()
<?php
$im1 = new Imagick();
$im1->readImage('multi-page-pdf.pdf');
$im1->resetIterator();
# Combine multiple images into one, stacked vertically.
$ima = $im1->appendImages(true);
$ima->setImageFormat("png");
header("Content-Type: image/png");
echo $ima->getimagesblob();
?>
