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<Imagick::setLastIteratorImagick::setPage>
^ImagickLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

Imagick::setOption

(PECL imagick 2, PECL imagick 3)

Imagick::setOption — Set an option

Description

public function Imagick::setOption(string $key, string $value): bool

Associates one or more options with the wand.

Parameters

key

value

Return Values

Returns true on success.

Examples

Example #1 Attempt to reach '$extent' sizeImagick::setOption()

<?php
    function renderJPG($extent) {
        $imagePath = $this->control->getImagePath();
        $imagick = new \Imagick(realpath($imagePath));
        $imagick->setImageFormat('jpg');
        $imagick->setOption('jpeg:extent', $extent);
        header("Content-Type: image/jpg");
        echo $imagick->getImageBlob();
    }

?>

Example #2 Imagick::setOption()

<?php
    function renderPNG($imagePath, $format) {

        $imagick = new \Imagick(realpath($imagePath));
        $imagick->setImageFormat('png');
        $imagick->setOption('png:format', $format);
        header("Content-Type: image/png");
        echo $imagick->getImageBlob();
    }
    
    //Save as 64bit PNG.
    renderPNG($imagePath, 'png64');

?>

Example #3 Imagick::setOption()

<?php
    function renderCustomBitDepthPNG() {
        $imagePath = $this->control->getImagePath();
        $imagick = new \Imagick(realpath($imagePath));
        $imagick->setImageFormat('png');
        
        $imagick->setOption('png:bit-depth', '16');
        $imagick->setOption('png:color-type', 6);
        header("Content-Type: image/png");
        $crash = true;
        if ($crash) {
            echo $imagick->getImageBlob();
        }
        else {
            $tempFilename = tempnam('./', 'imagick');
            $imagick->writeimage(realpath($tempFilename));
            echo file_get_contents($tempFilename);
        }
    }

?>


<Imagick::setLastIteratorImagick::setPage>
^ImagickLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026