Php/docs/imagick.mergeimagelayers
Imagick::mergeImageLayers
(PECL imagick 2 >= 2.1.0, PECL imagick 3)
Imagick::mergeImageLayers — Merges image layers
Description
public Imagick::mergeImageLayers
( int $layer_method
) : Imagick
Merges image layers into one. This method is useful when working with image
formats that use multiple layers such as PSD. The merging is controlled using
the layer_method which defines how the layers are merged.
This method is available if Imagick has been compiled against ImageMagick version 6.3.7 or newer.
Parameters
layer_method- One of the
Imagick::LAYERMETHOD_*constants
Return Values
Returns an Imagick object containing the merged image.
Errors/Exceptions
Throws ImagickException on error.
Examples
Example #1 Imagick::mergeImageLayers()
<?phpfunction mergeImageLayers($layerMethodType, $imagePath1, $imagePath2) { $imagick = new \Imagick(realpath($imagePath)); $imagick2 = new \Imagick(realpath($imagePath2)); $imagick->addImage($imagick2); $imagick->setImageFormat('png'); $result = $imagick->mergeImageLayers($layerMethodType); header("Content-Type: image/png"); echo $result->getImageBlob();}?>
