PHP ImageMagick convert doesn't work under OSX

Question

I have an apache web server under OSX and an installed and configured ImageMagick. If I try to execute some ImageMagick command from the terminal, it works fine, but if I try to do that with exec or shell_exec from PHP, it doesn't work.

That is what I do: I set the environment variable:

apache_setenv("PATH", "/etc/ImageMagick-6.8.1/bin:".apache_getenv("PATH"));

and try to execute some command:

exec('convert -version', $imgkOut);

the $imgkOut array is always empty.

I tried to set both paths: 'convert ...' and '/etc/ImageMagick-6.8.1/bin/convert ...' - nothing helps.

In the apache log file I found these errors:

sh: convert: command not found

for the first case, and this:

sh: /etc/ImageMagick-6.8.1/bin/convert: Permission denied

for the second.

What do I do wrong?

Answer 1

1. did you see http://php.net/manual/en/book.imagick.php ?
2. try install imagemagick from macports - http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=imagemagick
3. check exec for convert (maybe file hasnt +x flag? so just chmod +x convert)

Answer 2

The errors you are getting imply that:

1. The apache_setenv command is not working.
2. The web user does not have permission to run the command.

If you do

    cd /etc/ImageMagick-6.8.1/bin
    chmod +x convert

and try again with the second version, where you supply the complete path, it should work.