PHP | Imagick writeImageFile() Function

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The Imagick::writeImageFile() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to write the image sequence to an open filehandle. The handle must be opened with fopen.

Syntax:

bool Imagick::writeImageFile( resource $filehandle, string $format )

Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:

$filehandle: It specifies the filehandle.
$format (Optional): It specifies the format of image. Default value is taken from filename from handle.

Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success.

Exceptions: This function throws ImagickException on error.

Below given programs illustrate the Imagick::writeImageFile() function in PHP:

Program 1:

<?php  
  
// Create a new imagick object  
$imagick = new Imagick( 
'https://zambiatek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/zambiatek-13-17.png');  
    
// Create a file handle with read/write access 
$myfile = 'writeimagefile.png'; 
$handle = fopen($myfile, 'w+');  
    
// Write image to filehandle without format 
$imagick->writeImageFile($handle);  
  
// Get image from filehandle 
$newImage = new Imagick(); 
$newImage->readImageFile($handle); 
header("Content-Type: image/png"); 
echo $newImage->getImageBlob(); 
?> 

Output:

Program 2:

<?php  
// Create a new imagick object  
$imagick = new Imagick( 
'https://zambiatek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/zambiatek-13-17.png');  
  
// Add floodfillPaintImage 
$imagick->floodfillPaintImage("green", 1, "white", 1, 1, false); 
  
// Create a file handle  
$myfile = 'writeimagefile2'; 
$handle = fopen($myfile, 'w+');  
    
// Write image to filehandle with png format 
$imagick->writeImageFile($handle, 'png');  
  
// Get image from filehandle 
$newImage = new Imagick(); 
$newImage->readImageFile($handle); 
header("Content-Type: image/png"); 
echo $newImage->getImageBlob(); 
?> 