<?php
/ Draw a simple rectangle or three for the newbies.
/ I'm trying to comment these as best I can for a non-OOP person.
/ commets or criticism are welcome. Gary Melander
$image = new Imagick(); / Create a new instance an $image class
$width = 600; / Some necessary dimensions
$height = 400;
/ $image class now inherits some attributes. i.e. Dimensions, bkgcolor...
$image->newImage( $width, $height, new ImagickPixel( 'lightgray' ) );
$draw = new ImagickDraw(); /Create a new drawing class (?)
$draw->setFillColor('wheat'); / Set up some colors to use for fill and outline
$draw->setStrokeColor( new ImagickPixel( 'green' ) );
$draw->rectangle( 100, 100, 200, 200 ); / Draw the rectangle
/ Lets draw another
$draw->setFillColor('navy'); / Set up some colors to use for fill and outline
$draw->setStrokeColor( new ImagickPixel( 'yellow' ) );
$draw->setStrokeWidth(4);
$draw->rectangle( 150, 225, 350, 300 ); / Draw the rectangle
/ and another
$draw->setFillColor('magenta'); / Set up some colors to use for fill and outline
$draw->setStrokeColor( new ImagickPixel( 'cyan' ) );
$draw->setStrokeWidth(2);
$draw->rectangle( 380, 100, 400, 350 ); / Draw the rectangle
$image->drawImage( $draw ); / Apply the stuff from the draw class to the image canvas
$image->setImageFormat('jpg'); / Give the image a format
header('Content-type: image/jpeg'); / Prepare the web browser to display an image
echo $image; / Publish it to the world!
/$image->writeImage('someimage.jpg"); / ...Or just write it to a file...
?>