Imagick::appendImages

(PECL imagick 2, PECL imagick 3)

Imagick::appendImages — Append a set of images

Description

public Imagick::appendImages ( bool $stack ) : Imagick

Append a set of images into one larger image.

Parameters

stack: Whether to stack the images vertically. By default (or if false is specified) images are stacked left-to-right. If stack is true, 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:

Output of example : Imagick::appendImages()

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