ImageMagick Brew installation with PHP Module in Mac OS X

Question

I have installed ImageMagick using brew install imagemagick. This all worked fine and I can run any ImageMagick command from the Terminal / Command line.

Now when I try to use the ImageMagick classes in PHP, I get an error Class 'Imagick' not found in .... I guess this is because the ImageMagick module is not loaded.

Could anyone help me to get this thing working in PHP? Thanks!

Additional info:
Mac OS X Version: 10.8: Mountain Lion
PHP Version: 5.3.13

Solution 1

Your ImageMagick installation is not enough. You also need the Imagick package (possibly called php72-imagick or similar for home brew).

Imagick doesn't do the work itself, it is a native PHP extension for creating and modifying images using the ImageMagick API.

Try to search for the exact name of the package via brew search imagick.

Solution 2

I just did this after a lot of experimenting. For now, this seems to be the way to do it for php 5.3:

brew tap josegonzalez/php
brew tap homebrew/dupes
brew install php53-imagick

No idea who Jose Gonzalez is but apparently we are in his debt....

Solution 3

php72-imagick is now deprecated as imagick is part of php binary itself. Use pecl to install imagick e.g.:

brew install php
brew install imagemagick
brew install pkg-config
pecl install imagick

Solution 4

I'm using Yosemite. For me, the solution is a combination of the answer and comment already listed here.

brew install imagemagick
brew install php55-imagick

Edit /etc/php.ini to include imagick

extension=/usr/local/Cellar/php55-imagick/{version of php55-imagick}/imagick.so

Example:

extension = /usr/local/Cellar/php55-imagick/3.1.2_1/imagick.so

Solution 5

I had the same issue. These are the steps that worked for me if you are using php 5.6

1. brew install php56-imagick
2. brew install imagemagick
3. find /usr/local/Cellar -name "imagick.so"
   copy the path from the output of this command into your php.ini file
   e.g. extension=/usr/local/Cellar/php56-imagick/3.3.0_2/imagick.so save your file. Now to double check that the imagemagick class exists type
4. php -r "print(class_exists('imagick'));"

Brew symlinking wasn't working for me so I had to put the full pathname into the php.ini file to get it to work. Hope this helps

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Comments

[Wouter Konecny]

I have added extension=imagick.so to my php.ini file in /etc/php.ini and did a sudo apachectl restart. Still not working.

[Jill-Jênn Vie]

You can verify via <? phpinfo() ?> if ImageMagick is loaded or not. Are you sure of which php you are using?

[Wouter Konecny]

Yes, version 5.3.13 is shown in phpinfo(). The module does not seem to be loaded, how to fix this?

[Wouter Konecny]

I have been searching for a while now and it seems that brew install imagemagick does not install the PHP Module. However, brew install imagick does, but that formula is not (longer) available.

[Jill-Jênn Vie]

Well this seems to be your last option: stackoverflow.com/a/11661050/827989 The link also features the commands to download and compile it directly.

[Wouter Konecny]

That didn't work either, but thanks for your help! For now I will just do it the old-fashion way by compiling everything myself. I just hoped this would work with brew, as updating application (ImageMagick) versions is much easier that way.

[Wouter Konecny]

Yeah, I did try that before, but that formula does not exist either. I tried: php-imagick, php5-imagick, imagick-php, imagick-php5...

[Kurt Pfeifle]

@WouterKonecny: try brew search imagick to find the exact name of the packge.

[a20]

If you could explain more about each step, it'd help everybody understand more .. I really appreciate your help here, but right now it's "giving us fish"; if you could take the time to "teach us to fish" also, that would be awesome :p

[a20]

His name is Jose Gonzalez, he wasn't just a code monkey, he was one of us!

[Admin]

The two "brew tap" commands add repositories, or places where homebrew can look for packages. These two contain libraries and other requirements to get imagick working. Once you've registered those repositories with your copy of homebrew, it will know where to look for php53-imagick and anything marked as a requirement. Does that answer your question?

[jarnoan]

Thanks, this worked for me. I also had to manually add [imagick] extension="/usr/local/Cellar/php53-imagick/3.1.0RC2/imagick.‌​so" in /etc/php.ini.

[Friendly Code]

Just saved my bacon again! Can't upvote again though otherwise I would xx

[Deepak Bhatta]

I want to confrm that @frankHag solution works for me. Thanks

[EffectiX]

I just used this same method for imagemagick on php 7.1 -- This is valid. Homebrew moved the ini file for the extension so php already picked it up. Step 4 was perfect to test it right away in cli.

[Erwan]

if you encounter a "pkg-config not found" error after the "pecl install imagick" type "brew install pckg-config" and try again

[Aftab]

use pecl install imagick to install PHP module for image magick

[HMagdy]

not working now (homebrew/dupes was deprecated. This tap is now empty as all its formulae were migrated.)

[MS Berends]

Scroll down to here for a suitable answer since php72 does not exist anymore on home-brew..

[Jeff Puckett]

@Erwan I think there's a typo in that command - it seems there should not be a c in that command. What worked for me was brew install pkg-config

[Tuhin]

This one actually worked for me. I failed to get brew install php72-imagick working. so pecl install imagick is the right answer for me.

[Herz3h]

You can also follow instructions on github.com/Imagick/imagick (must just make sure imagemagick is installed first before building the php extension, worked in my case on OSX Catalina using the linux instructions)

[Sliq]

Works for PHP 8.1 too! Thanks