Imagick::getImageType

(PECL imagick 2, PECL imagick 3)

Imagick::getImageType — Gets the image type

Description

public function Imagick::getImageType(): int

Returns the type of the image, derived from its colorspace, its storage class and whether it carries an alpha channel. The pixels themselves are not examined, so the value reflects how the image is currently held rather than the smallest type it could be reduced to.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns one of the following imagick::IMGTYPE_* constants. imagick::IMGTYPE_UNDEFINED and imagick::IMGTYPE_OPTIMIZE are never returned.

imagick::IMGTYPE_BILEVEL
imagick::IMGTYPE_GRAYSCALE
imagick::IMGTYPE_GRAYSCALEMATTE
imagick::IMGTYPE_PALETTE
imagick::IMGTYPE_PALETTEMATTE
imagick::IMGTYPE_TRUECOLOR
imagick::IMGTYPE_TRUECOLORMATTE
imagick::IMGTYPE_COLORSEPARATION
imagick::IMGTYPE_COLORSEPARATIONMATTE

Errors/Exceptions

Throws ImagickException on error.