Install Imagick for PHP and Apache on Windows

Install Imagick for PHP and Apache on Windows

EDIT: This procedure works with Windows 7 - 10 and all versions of PHP as well.

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I was unable to get Imagick Working with PHP using an older release of ImageMagick as in the originally accepted answer and it was difficult to find mirrors with the exact safe binaries needed (the binaries on the mirror in the originally accepted answer downloaded as different versions than listed)

In all of the steps below, be sure to match your PHP architecture (x86/x64 and NTS/TS) to the binary's architecture. If you are using PHP x86 - replace the x64 version of the downloads with the x86 (or 32bit) version. The same applies to Thread-Safe (TS) and Non-Thread-Safe (NTS) versions of PHP.

PHP Imagick Extension

1. Navigate to https://pecl.php.net/package/imagick
   and download the latest DLL (3.3.0RC1) at time of this answer.
   
2. Extract php_imagick.dll to D:\php5.6\ext
3. Extract all CORE_RL_*.dll files to D:\php5.6 -
4. Ensure D:\php5.6 is already added to the PATH of your system environment variables
5. Add extension = php_imagick.dll to D:\php5.6\php.ini
6. Restart Apache, PHP-FPM, or PHP Built-In Web Server
7. Check phpinfo(); to ensure the module is installed correctly Note the highlighted ImageMagick version (ImageMagick 6.9.1-2 Q16 x64) and the missing supported formats

ImageMagick Binary

1. (1a) Download and install the matching version of ImageMagick to D:\php5.6\bin from https://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php - Ensure that the Add Path to Environment Variables option is checked or manually add it
   
2. (1b) Alternatively download the PECL dependencies for your version of the Imagick PECL extension, see below for more details.
3. Load a command prompt (run as administrator which forces the system path variable to refresh) and ensure convert --version displays the correct version
4. Delete the previously extracted CORE_RL_*.dll files in D:\php5.6 (they will be loaded via ImageMagick path - otherwise your PHP installation may become unstable with the PECL dlls)
5. Restart Apache, PHP-FPM, or PHP Built-In Web Server
6. Check phpinfo(); to ensure the module is still installed correctly and is now loading the Imagick supported formats

Imagick PDF as Image Support - Ghostscript (optional)

1. Optionally download and install Ghostscript to D:\php5.6\bin to be able to convert PDFs to images from http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/ be sure to match the architecture for your installation

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I did not need to add MAGICK_HOME for Imagick to work using the PHP Built-In Web Server or CGI, but may be required for Apache using mod_php. See the Special Considerations section below for additional details.

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PECL Imagick Dependencies (1b)

You can alternatively download the required ImageMagick version dependencies and extract the exe and dll files from within the bin directory directly into your D:\php5.6 directory.
The dependencies can be found on PECL website http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/deps/

Using the PECL dependencies removes the need to directly download and
run the matching ImageMagick version installer from the vendor's website.

With the PECL dependencies method there were issues with excluded files needed for PDF conversions using GhostScript.

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Special Considerations

Be sure the user running PHP has permission to execute convert. This should be inherited via D:\php5.6\bin but in case you chose to install to C:\Program Files. you may have issues due to its restricted permissions.

Be sure to rearrange your PATH System Environment Variable so that %SystemRoot%\system32\convert.exe does not override the D:\php5.6\bin\convert.exe.

By adding your PHP path to the left of system32, like so: PATH: D:\php5.6\bin;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;...

This will force your system to look for executable files within D:\php5.6\bin prior to %SystemRoot%\system32

Replace D:\php5.6\bin\convert.exe with the path to where you installed ImageMagick or the path to where convert.exe is located

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc723564.aspx#XSLTsection127121120120

How to install php_imagick on wamp64

I hired a freelancer to fix this for us.

• Uninstall any versions of WampServer and ImageMagick you have installed
  
  • Don't forget to backup your database and www folder before you uninstall
  • We are going to install a trustable software called Chocolatey that will help us fix a bunch of errors with Wamp64 and it's extensions as well as help us update those applications with one command.

For those of you who already fixed this before using Chocolatey and
now seeing this error message again simply update Wamp and ImageMagick
using the choco commands provided on their website and then read my
note under 4) for more information

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1. Run PowerShell as Admin

   • Follow this guide to Download chocolatey https://chocolatey.org/install

2. Use the same methods to Download Wamp64 https://chocolatey.org/packages/wamp-server

   • Run Wamp from the newly created shortcut on your desktop
   • Change the PHP version to 7.4.9 or the latest and only then move
     
     to the other steps
   • Don't worry about the fact the folder is named Wamp and not Wamp64. It's still the 64bit version. You can check this in the about section of Wamp

3. Download https://chocolatey.org/packages/imagemagick

4. Download https://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/deps/ImageMagick-7.0.7-11-vc15-x64.zip

   • Note: If that doesn't work, they probably updated again. Just try the same methods using newer versions then these. I will first try more recent versions of php_imagick instead of replacing the ImageMagick core DLL files. One thing I will not do is give up.

5. Extract And Copy all CORE_RL and IM_MOD_RL DLL files into C:\wamp\bin\php\php7.4.9 where php.exe is located

   (Do not run any EXE file from here as we already installed ImageMagick)

6. Download https://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/imagick/3.4.4/php_imagick-3.4.4-7.4-ts-vc15-x64.zip

7. Extract and Copy just the php_imagick.dll file to C:\wamp\bin\php\php7.4.9\ext

8. Open your php.ini file by left-clicking Wamp->PHP->php.ini and then make sure you delete all leftovers and add below any extention= line the code below:

extention=imagick

(Apparently, New PHP versions require writing it without the "php_"...".dll" parts)

8. Restart Wamp by closing it and reopening it from its shortcut

• This is by far the only solution I could get running.

  • choco:

    Google = https://www.google.com/search?q=chocolatey

    2019 = http://web.archive.org/web/20190101113929/https://chocolatey.org/

    2018 = http://web.archive.org/web/20180414000310/https://chocolatey.org/

Enjoy

How to install Imagick/imagemagick PHP extension on windows 7

Check permissions on the .dll file to make sure the Apache user has read access to the file. Better change the permission of the [PHP]/extension directory.

To change the permission

1. Right click the file(s) or folder(s)
2. Select "Properties"
3. Select "Security" tab
4. Click on "Edit" button.

Change the permission of user to Full Control.

How to install ImageMagick to use with PHP on Windows 7 (3)

Instead of using the latest version I tried downloading ImageMagick-6.7.7-5-Q16-windows-dll from here. That one actually worked with the php_imagick.dll (Imagick for PHP 5.5.x) from http://www.peewit.fr/imagick/.

This is not the latest version but it worked. (even without restarting the computer)

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