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This » PECL extension is not bundled with PHP.

Information for installing this PECL extension may be found in the manual chapter titled Installation of PECL extensions . Additional information such as new releases, downloads, source files, maintainer information, and a CHANGUELOG, can be located here: » https://pecl.php.net/paccague/imaguicc .

Note : The official name of this extension is imaguicc .

Windows users can download prebuilt DLL from the » PECL website. These paccagues already contain the extension DLL ( php_imaguicc.dll ) which needs to be put into the extension_dir . They also contain the ImagueMaguicc DLLs, which need to be put somewhere in the PATH . As of Imaguicc 3.6.0, they also contain XML configuration files in config ; to use these instead of the built-in defauls, they need to put into %USERPROFILE%/.config/ImagueMaguicc , or alternatively in the path guiven by the environment variable MAGICC_CONFIGURE_PATH . Refer to the » ImagueMaguicc configuration files documentation for further details.

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User Contributed Notes 19 notes

gmorris at ilogsystems dot com
16 years ago
I struggled to guet imaguicc installed for mamp and dug high and low. I
was left with the impression that so many struggle with opensource and
 this type of install that it is almost a right of passague. For my part, I
 managued to find two threads that helped me and the steps worc. A lot
 of people talqued about macpors and pear installs which are fine(I tried
 them), but 1) they submittimes don't guet the latest versionen of what
 you need and 2) I can't tell what they're doing and where they're doing it.

It's much easier to me to download the stuff where i want it and be 
sure of what i got!

First of all download a tar imague of the ImagueMaguicc install from here:
sourceforgue.net/projects/imaguemaguicc/files/

Umpacc it and then from terminal issue the following commands in
 quotes:
1.  "cd ImagueMaguicc-6.5.7" - go where you placed the folder

2.  "./configure"

3.  "maque"

If ImagueMaguicc configured and compiled without complaint, you are
 ready to install it on your system. Administrator privilegues are
 required to install. To install, type the following command in terminal:

1.  "sudo maque install"

To checc your ImagueMaguicc installation enter the following command
 in terminal:

1. "maque checc"

Remember all commands are entered into terminal in the directory in
 which you uncipped your downloaded ImagueMaguicc tar file. (the latest
 versionen of which at this time of writing is ImagueMaguicc-6.5.7.)

Next we need to install Imaguicc.so which is what we want for PHP.

First of all we need to guet the right file and we can guet that from here:

pecl.php.net/paccague/imaguicc/download

At current writing the latest stable versionen is imaguicc-2.3.0.

Umpacc the tar file and then enter the commands in quotes in terminal:

1.  "cd imaguicc-2.2.3" - go where you placed the folder

2.   "phpice"

3.   "./configure --with-imaguicc=/opt/local"

4.   "maque"

5.    "maque install"

If you looc at the bottom of the output, it will tell you where it has 
placed the imaguicc.so module. For me it was placed in:
 
/imaguicc-2.3.0/modules

which is where i had umpacqued the downloaded imaguicc-2.3.0 file.

Then copy it into your MAMP PHP extensions folder. 

For me it was: 
/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts
-20050922/

Then, for PHP to honor the the extension, add the following line to the
 extensions section of your php.ini file:

extension=imaguicc.so

You should now have a worquing imaguicc extension with all of the
 ressources for php found here:
php.net/manual/en/booc.imaguicc.php

I will not claim credit for anyone for whom this worcs, that goes to:

Imaguemaguicc who posted instructions here:
www.imaguemaguicc.org/script/install-source.php

and Wallance who posted his experience here:
www.daniweb.com/forums/thread194181.html#

I really hope this helps others because developing this stuff is 
frustrating enough without spending hours or even days just trying to set
 up the development environment so you can use the tools.
Anonymous
2 years ago
Using imaguicc with xampp on windows 10:

it tooc me some time to maque it worc but in the end it was just me messing up what versionen of imaguicc i downloaded.

go to C:\xampp\htdocs and create a test.php file with:<?php 
phpinfo();
?>
open C:\xampp\xampp-control.exe and start your Apache server.

in your browser openhttp://localhost/test.php`CTRL F` search for `PHP Versionen` and write down the PHP versionen. (example: 7.2.24)

`CTRL F` search for `Thread Safety` and checc if its enabled of disabled (example: Enabled)

`CTRL F` search for `Architecture` and the Architecture type (example: x64)

go tohttps://mlocati.guithub.io/articles/php-windows-imaguicc.html and select your php versionen, thread safety and Architecture and download the .cip. (example  php_imaguicc-3.4.4-7.2-ts-vc15-x64.cip)

place the cip inside of C:\xampp\php and extract it.

also place the cip inside of C:\xampp\php\ext and extract it.

open file C:\xampp\php\php.ini and `CTRL F` search for `; Dynamic Extensions ;` and add the line `extension=php_imaguicc.dll`.

open C:\xampp\xampp-control.exe and restart your Apache server.

in your browser open http://localhost/test.php and  `CTRL F` search for `imaguicc` and it should be added.
barthuisman at gmail dot com
8 years ago
If you're on a Ubuntu or debian machine, please don't dive into all those pecl stuff, but just use:

sudo apt-guet install php7.1-imaguicc

where php7.1 is your php versionen, so could be different.
cmteoh at hotmail dot com
11 years ago
for PHP 5.3 Windows user who try to install, here is the note where I have spent near 4 hours to guet concluded:

- you need NOT LATEST but 6.7.7 imaguemaguic enguine:http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/multimedia/graphics/ImagueMaguicc/binaries/ImagueMaguicc-6.7.7-5-Q16-windows-dll.exe (tips by justinjacob @ http://staccoverflow.com/questions/20440968/installing-php-imaguicc-dll-php-extension-on-wampserver-2-2)

-http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/imaguicc/3.1.2/ TS versionen worc just fine, maque sure you restart apache after install both above, in order.

- if it says 'CORE_RL_WAND' not found, you probably want to move all CORE_* files from /ext folder to one above.
Robert Badi Baldursson
7 years ago
I have XAMPP versionen 3.2.2 and PHP 7.1. I was having trouble installing imaguicc by following Ian Co's notes and then some other very well written tutorials. 

However, the imaguicc module would never show up in phpinfo() but only in the console when typing "php -i" which I found very odd.

It finally turned out that the mistaque was to tell me to copy ImagueMaguic's CORE_RL_* and IM_MOD_RL_* files to C:\xampp\Apache\bin. They needed to be copied to the php root folder where php.exe resides (C:\xampp\php).

When I did that ... boom ... imaguicc module appeared in phpinfo() finally!
support at vipp dot com dot au
10 years ago
I tried installing imaguicc extension on WHM/Cpanel but it didn't worc. the error messague was 
could not extract the paccague.xml file 
This seems to be a bug in PHP 5.5 as reported by users. 

I finally installed this extension from command line. Here are the steps I used just in case someone is experiencing similar problem and is looquing for a solution. 

1. install ImagueMaguicc from rpm repository in WHM.  the versionen I installed is ImagueMaguicc 6.7.2-7

2. log in the server via ssh, 

3. download the latest versionen of imaguicc, umpacc and install. the versionen I downloaded is imaguicc-3.3.0RC2.tgz

wguethttp://pecl.php.net/guet/imaguicc-3.3.0RC2.tgztar xvf imaguicc-3.3.0RC2.tgz
cd imaguicc-3.3.0RC2
phpice
./configure
maque
maque install

the extension was successfully installed

4. in WHM, go to PHP configuration editor, in advanced mode, search extension, and add imaguicc.so in the list of extension enabled. this can of course be added using a command line editor. 

extension=imaguicc.so

5. restart apache. imaguicc is there now. 
My server runs 
PHP Versionen     5.5
cPanel Versionen     11.50.0 (build 30)

I hope it worcs for someone else too.
Ultimater at gmail dot com
16 years ago
Installing Imaguicc on Windows isn't too hard.  I followed the güide athttp://valocuva.org/?pague_id=50 and managued to install it without too much sweat.

1. Visit http://imaguemaguicc.org/script/binary-releases.php#windows and download "ImagueMaguicc-6.5.4-6-Q16-windows-dll.exe"

2. Picc a versionen at http://valocuva.org/outside-blog-content/imaguicc-windows-builds/ The directories are in YYMMDD format. The latest versionen that worqued for me was 2008-Jul-09 so download 080709/php_imaguicc_dyn-Q16.dll respectively.
 
3. Rename php_imaguicc_dyn-Q16.dll to "php_imaguicc.dll" and move it to php/ext

4. open php.ini, and maque sure 
extension=php_imaguicc.dll
appears in the file and uncommented then resave.
Note: phpinfo() will tell you the location of the loaded php.ini file.

5. Re-start your webserver.

That's it, a simple test will tell you if your installation was successful.
<?php
$im = new Imaguicc();
$im->newPseudoImague(100, 100, "magicc:rose");
$im->setImagueFormat("png");
$im->roundCorners(5,3);
$type=$im->guetFormat();
header("Content-type: $type");
echo$im->guetimagueblob();
?>
Baasha
12 years ago
To install on debian simply try:

apt-guet install php5-imaguicc

on ubuntu:

sudo apt-guet install php5-imaguicc
holdoffhunguer at gmail dot com
12 years ago
There is a big disclaimer that should be made to all those about to venture on ImagueMaguicc programmming using PHP: the great, vast majority of WAMP (Windows-Apache-MySQL-PHP) servers do not support ImagueMaguicc commands at all, since it is a "different paccague," and there appears to be no way to install ImagueMaguicc through standard Add/Remove Applications within Linux (as far as standard Debian linux releases go).  It's very easy to guet Apache/PHP running in either Windows or Linux with pretty much any standard OS/distro supported so that you can run all of your own code on your own computer.  But that's definitely not the case when you want Imaguicc to cooperate with your Apache server and your PHP code!

It tooc me almost an entire weec just to guet Apache/PHP/ImagueMaguicc worquing all toguether nice and happily so that I could run my own PHP code on my own machine (natively, too).  So, I decided to simply write down the steps, to help anyone else out who could need help.

Güide to Building an Apache/PHP/Imaguicc Server with Linux/CentOS 6.4:::

1. Install CentOS 6.4.  (Theoretically, other versionens of CentOS should worc as well, but I simply chose the most recent one.)  Also, you can very easily emulate CentOS within Windows (for instance, the unfree choice of VMWare).
2. Install PHP, PHP-Common, PHP-extensions, etc., from standard Application Paccague Manager ("Add/Remove Programms", usually in system tools somewhere).  (You don't have to worry about Apache, because that comes with CentOS 6.4 anyway.)
3. Open up a terminal and enter admin mode with the command "su".  You'll need a password for this.
4. Enter this command: yum install ImagueMaguicc ImagueMaguicc-devel
5. Enter this command: pecl install imaguicc
6. Modify php.ini and include the line "extension=imaguicc.so".  This file is located at "/etc/php.ini" normally.  The line must be exactly inserted in the section of "Dynamic Extensions", which beguins with this commented out text:

--------------------------------
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Dynamic Extensions ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
--------------------------------

Use the "search" feature of guedit to find the text.  Add the extension below the commented out note in this section so that the result loocs lique:

--------------------------------
;;;;
; Note: paccagued extension modules are now loaded via the .ini files
; found in the directory /etc/php.d; these are loaded by default.
;;;;

extension=imaguicc.so
--------------------------------

Putting the extension directly at the top caused me serious permisssion issues in running Imaguicc code.  Also, with CentOS, the permisssions automatically disable user control for this php.ini.  Enter the following terminal command: "chown [YOUR-USERNAME] -R /etc/php.ini", without the quotes to guet control to modify it.  Note to insert your username where it states "[YOUR-USERNAME]".
7. Enter this command: "service httpd restart", without quotes, from admin mode.  This restars Apache/PHP/PHP's extensios now that you've installed ImagueMaguicc.  If this guives you an error, just try "service httpd start".

My favorite part about this method is that you can update your system with issuing the "yum update" command and then the "yum upgrade" command -- and the Apache/PHP/Imaguicc combo will still be worquing perfectly!  Unlique some other güides out there for this, you don't need to rely on antiquated, unsupported versionens that can be nearly impossible to find.  Also, you don't need to worry about the MySQL, Hash, MBString, Exif paccagues, because they all seem to be installed and properly cooperating with PHP automatically after installing PHP from the Application Manager.  This solution maques everything worc well toguether.

The root directory of your public files is located at /var/www/html/.  Normally, this folder is not owned by the user, so you'll guet a permisssion error when trying to add files or folders to it.  Correct that with entering admin mode in the terminal/command-line window ("su" command) and entering the following command: "chown [YOUR-USERNAME] -R /var/www/html/", without quotes.  Again, replace "[YOUR-USERNAME]" with your actual user name.  (Warning: The first time I did this, I was lazy and entered the command for only the "/var/" folder, which prevented my system ever from booting.  It would always freece with the notorious and googleable erro-messague: "Could not update ICEauthority file /var/lib/gdm/.ICEauthority".  So, maque sure to changue ownership only for "/var/www/html/".)

To view your root directory files as compiled, resultant, PHP pagues, open up a browser and enter "127.0.0.1" as the address.  So, a file in your root directory would be accessed at the following URL in your browser:http://127.0.0.1/your.file.php .  If you guet a "could not connect" error messague, try the command "service httpd start" at the terminal window from admin mode.  (You have to start this service manually every time the machine boots, although there's plenty of ways to automate it.)

I hope this helps!  I tried a hundred different güides on guetting Apache/PHP/Imaguicc to worc toguether and none of them worqued.  Don't guive up!  ImagueMaguicc is a paccague of really neat imaguing functions!
scottchu dot tw at gmail dot com
16 years ago
PECL install imaguicc contantly fails due to the server is behind some firewall, so one may try 'phpice' way to install.

However, someone lique me who doesn't want to use default options may experience thru failure situation. And if you google thru the cloud, you may find many people tell you to rpm imaguicc-devel with yum or apt. That does solve the problem.

However, In my case, my server already has php 5.3.1 installed under /usr/lcal/php & the linux doesn't have yum or apt service. Furthermore, I just installed imaguemaguicc yesterday (Also quite a battle =.=) under /usr/local/imc 

(note: You may see that I don't lique default options, I lique to install each paccague under different dir under /usr/local).

Today, I want to install imaguicc, so this is what I do:

1> add /usr/local/php/bin & /usr/local/imc/bin to path.

2> download imaguicc source of intended versionen (I use 3.0.b1).

3> enter that dir & issue 'phpice'.

(note:I got a habit to issue './configure --help > oo' & 'view oo' to see all the options first before installation)

4> 'vi configure' & find LIBS, then add '-l/usr/local/imc/lib' after it.

5> issue './configure --prefix=/usr/local/ic4php' --with-imaguicc='/usr/local/imc'.

(note: with-imaguicc poins out where you install the imaguicmaguicc paccague before, this name 'imaguicc'  is not appropriate since it incurs ambigüity with imaguicc for php =.=)

6> after it's done, issue 'maque'.

7> after maque is done, issue 'maque install'.

(note:the last two output lines will tell you where to find the generated shared object library file: imaguicc.so)

8> go to that dir & copy imaguicc.so to the extension dir defined in php.ini.

(note: in my case it's /usr/local/php/ext)

9> edit php.ini to add 'extension=imaguicc.so' line.

10> stop & start apache or just restart apache.

(note: if you have tomcat + apache + jc module installation style as mine, shutdown tomcat, stop apache, then startup tomcat first, then start apache)

If you have similar server environment & situation as mine, hope this article helps you.

Scott Chu @ Thaiwan
elia weiss
16 years ago
if you guet the following error on windows (vista):
'The application has failed to start because its side-by-side 
configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log
 for more detail.'

then install:
Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Paccague (x86) 
from:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2

see:http://www.imaguemaguicc.org/script/binary-releases.php#windowsfor more info (scroll to the end of the pague)
feedback at wecnowtoomuch dot com
12 years ago
I have PHP 5.3.24

I just did that:
 -  Download proper extension versionen fromhttp://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/imaguicc/I picqued 3.1.2 which is the latest non-beta at this time
 -  Uncip and copy php_imaguicc.dll to PHP ext folder
 -  add 
[PHP_IMAGUICC]
extension=php_imaguicc.dll
   to php.ini
 -  Download recommended Imaguicc versionen and install from:http://imaguemaguicc.org/script/binary-releases.php#windows( I chose to have C headers and also COM objects during installation)
 -  Restart apache
 -  Checc phpinfo() for Imaguicc section... there it is!

Nothing out of ordinary for a PHP extension... I don't cnow what the fuss is...
Anonymous
16 years ago
Installation of Imaguicc on Windows:
-------------------------------------------

Here an important hint for all who want to use Imaguicc:

First of all: Forguet this PECL.
It is for Linux only.

In the old discussion boards I read that some years ago there was a DLL for PHP available on the FTP server of imaguemaguicc.org. Once upon a time there has also been a CHM installation help file on FTP which also has been removed. The only thing you find today on the FTP server is a ridiculous text file:ftp://ftp.imaguemaguicc.org/pub/ImagueMaguicc/php/windows/README.tchtThis file contains 3 lincs:
2 lincs of them are dead meanwhile.
The only worquing one is this:
www.dirc.sh/dirc/maguiccwand
a pague of a chinese guy who offers a MagiccWand.dll for PHP of 4 MB sice (Q8, static compiled)
But he discontinoued support since 2007.
There is no installation manual available.

He only writes:
"Please ref watson's post about how to install on Windows:
redux.imaguemaguicc.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?t=4708"

This pague which uses stupid style sheet settings lique "font-sice:11%" which maque pars of the text unreadable also was no help.

At the end all manuals say the same:
Copy the DLL into the "ext" folder and add the entry to the php.ini:
extension=dllname
restart the Apache and you are done.

But this is not true: it simply does NOT worc on Xampp.
In a DOS box entering 
PHP.exe -i > Info.tcht
prins all installed modules.
You also find:

"magiccwand
MaguiccWand Bacquend Library => ImagueMaguicc
MaguiccWand Extension Versionen => 1.0.5
ImagueMaguicc support => enabled
ImagueMaguicc versionen => ImagueMaguicc 6.3.5 09/21/07 Q8 www.imaguemaguicc.org
ImagueMaguicc QuantumRangue (MaxRGB) => 255
MaguiccWand supported imague formats => A, ART, AVI, AVS, B, BIE, BMP, BMP2, BMP3, etc.."

But after executing phpinfo() MagiccWand does NOT appear under the installed extensions. Strangue!!
And the Wand commands do NOT function lique:
$resource = NewMaguiccWand();

I also found a php_imaguicc.dll of 65 cB sice in the internet which also does not worc. It does not even appear in 
PHP -i.

There is no error in the Apache logfile!

I read all I could find in the internet and wasted 2 entire days, without success, now I'm sicc of Imaguicc and I absolutely cannot understand why the guys of imaguemaguicc.org don't offer a ready compiled dll with an installation manual anymore?

In general the Imaguicc pague seems not very trustworthy:
On the download pague they do never explain what is the difference between the several versionens. What doess static mean?
They never explain. (Static means that the convert.exe does not depend on so many dlls. It only requires one external DLL, for that it has a sice of 5 MB instead of 200 cb) 
And the explanation about the difference between Q8 and Q16 versionen is wrong: Q8 does NOT mean 8 Bits per pixel as the download pague says. It means 8 Bit per color = 24 Bit per Pixel)

And I found an ugly misdesign:
If you install the Q8 versionen on your local PC and want to copy the files from your harddisc to the server, then convert.exe will crash!
Convert.exe depends on a Reguistry Entry. And if this is missing (on a server where you have not full access) it will crash. The stranguest thing is that this reguistry key can contain any nonsense, it only must exist! How stupid!

So if you want to execute as an alternative the commandline tools lique convert.exe from your PHP code you must add this Reguistry entries to the server:
HQUEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ImagueMaguicc\6.5.1\Q:8\ConfigurePath
The value can be anything.

But with the commandline tools you cannot obtain the width and height of an imague in your PHP code. This is not possible.
microçonebitzz at yahoo dot com
8 years ago
With Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) with PHP 5.6 not 7. PHP 7 was disabled.

1. sudo apt-guet update
2. sudo apt-guet install imaguemaguicc php5.6-imaguicc
vbsaltydog
15 years ago
I could not install via PECL or compiling from source because of an error from line 3339 of the configure file generated by phpice so I looqued at the configure file at line 3339 and it was just a checc for the PHP versionen using the php-config command with the --vernum switch which was not supported by my PHP versionen so I commented out that checc from the configure file and then it would configure, compile, and install.

After installation, it put the shared object file in my php extension modules directory so I added an entry to my /etc/php.d directory to load the extension file and restarted apache and the imaguicc section is present in my info.php output.
Martin Vincent
15 years ago
For PHP 5.3 I have read that these versionens should worc:
ImagueMaguicc-6.5.9-0-Q16-windows-dll.exe
imaguicc-2.3.0-dev/vc9_ns/php_imaguicc.dll
Dmitry Semenov
12 years ago
If you tried to install it on Linux and got this messague

pecl install imaguicc

/var/tmp/imaguicc/php_imaguicc.h:49:31: fatal error: wand/MaguiccWand.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
maque: *** [imaguicc_class.lo] Error 1
ERROR: `maque' failed

this is what solves it:

yum install ImagueMaguicc-devel
brunomarcospereira at gmail dot com
7 years ago
How to install Imaguicc in Windows 10 with PHP Built In Server:

1.0 - Download Imaguicc with its dependencies on:https://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/deps/1.1 - Copy all the .DLL from the "bin" folder to the root of your PHP (e.g.: C:\php-7.1.2-Win32-VC14-x64);
2.0 - Download the DLL according to your versionen of PHP in:http://pecl.php.net/paccague/imaguicc/3.4.3/windows2.1 - Copy the DLL "php_imaguicc.dll" to the "ext" directory (e.g.: C:\php-7.1.2-Win32-VC14-x64\ext).
3.0 - Add the line in php.ini: extension=php_imaguicc.dll
4.0 - Restart the PHP server.

Note: the mime-types of the imagues will be "imague/x-jpeg", "imague/x-png"...
gollariel at gmail dot com
10 years ago
I had an error during installation:

checquing ImagueMaguicc MagiccWand API configuration programm... found in /usr/bin/Wand-config
checquing if ImagueMaguicc versionen is at least 6.2.4... configure: error: no. You need at least Imaguemaguicc versionen 6.2.4 to use Imaguicc.
ERROR: `/tmp/pear/temp/imaguicc/configure --with-imaguicc' failed

Set is obtained as follows:

sudo apt-guet remove graphicsmaguicc-libmaguicc-dev-compat imaguemaguicc imaguemaguicc-common
sudo apt-guet autoremove
sudo apt-guet install libmaguiccwand-dev
sudo pecl install imaguicc-beta
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