Imagemagick installation troubles.

[quiettech]

Hello all.

 

I am trying to install imagemagic php extension under WampServer 2.

 

- I've downloaded and installed ImageMagick from here. I've chosen ImageMagick-6.4.0-1-Q16-windows-dll.exe

 

- I've downloaded the php extension from here. I've chosen the php-5.2.1 one.

 

- I've moved the dll extension I just downloaded to C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.5\ext\

 

- I've altered php.ini (accessed it through wamp tray icon > right-click > PHP > php.ini) and added "extension=php_imagick.dll", without the quotes, to the extensions lists.

 

- I restarted Apache. Not noticing the extension displayed on the PHP extensions list from the tray icon, I restarted the wampserver. ImageMagick extensions now shows enabled on the list.

 

However, I cannot use it. Doing a quick test returns "Fatal error: Class 'Imagick' not found". phpinfo() doesn't report it, and checking the PHP error log reveals this:

 

PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'c:/wamp/bin/php/php5.2.5/ext/php_imagick.dll' - The specified module could not be found.

 

What am I doing wrong? I'm noticing the unix-like forward slashes. However I'm not sure what to do of it. Is this the reason?

[wildteen88]

You can only use extensions which are of the same build (API version) as the PHP executable. You have PHP5.2.5 installed and you are using an extension released for PHP5.2.1 you'll need to find an updated version.

[quiettech]

Thanks wildteen.

 

There's none for imagick and I didn't bother to look for MagicWand either. It turns out I was seeing this all wrong and I don't need a php extension. I can write my own, if needed, be as long as have exec() rights to convert.

 

My host provides this. As such, my local wamp installation just needs ImageMagick, wich I already installed. And is working perfectly.