appendImages into rows and columns

[Zelf]

I am not using exec command in php so I don't have access to run something like the following from the manual at: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/layers/ where it states, "You can take this further to make a whole array of images, and build them either by rows, or by columns."

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convert \( font_1.gif font_2.gif font_3.gif +append \) \
          \( font_4.gif font_5.gif font_6.gif +append \) \
          \( font_7.gif font_8.gif font_9.gif +append \) \
          \( -size 32x32 xc:none  font_0.gif +append \) \
          -background none -append   append_array.gif

Using the http://php.net/manual/en/imagick.appendimages.php appendImages function in imagick how can I simulate the seemingly more robust append CLI command? Or is it not possible.

I would love to be able to create an array in php like the following, loop through it, and each new row somehow tell appendImages when it should start a new row before combining images. Any ideas on how to solve this?

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$rack = [
            'row1' => [
                'image1.jpg',
                'image2.jpg'
            ],
            'row2' => [
                'image3.jpg',
                'image4.jpg'
            ]
        ];

[Bonzo]

I think this is a php problem not an IM one and I would post in a php forum.

I would think you need to loop through your array creating and executing the Imagick code as you go.

[Zelf]

This is a question about the php imagick extension and the imagick appendImages function. How is this not relevant to the php imagick extension programming interface forum?

[fmw42]

This is a question about the php imagick extension and the imagick appendImages function. How is this not relevant to the php imagick extension programming interface forum?

I think Bonzo means that it is about PHP looping over the Imagick code. So he is saying to find a PHP forum about looping.

[Zelf]

My question is regarding the appendImages function, not looping. I know how to loop in php, haha!

Here's my question again: When I call appendImages is it possible to somehow tell this function to start a new row. E.g. if I'm looping through my images and I call appendImages(false) - so stacking from left to right - how can I tell appendImages to start a new row say after 3 images?

In ImageMagick from CLI I can set row boundaries with (), how do I mimick this behavior with imagick's implementation of appendImages?

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convert \( font_1.gif font_2.gif font_3.gif +append \) \
          \( font_4.gif font_5.gif font_6.gif +append \) \
          \( font_7.gif font_8.gif font_9.gif +append \) \
          \( -size 32x32 xc:none  font_0.gif +append \) \
          -background none -append   append_array.gif

[fmw42]

Here's my question again: When I call appendImages is it possible to somehow tell this function to start a new row

Not that I know about, not even in command line mode. That only can be done using montage in command line mode or PHP exec. See http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/montage/

[Bonzo]

You could try posting on the forum on this site: http://www.phpimagick.com/ or write some php code to loop over the array as I suggested.

[fmw42]

The only way to start a new row is to +append image horizontally into rows. Then -append the row images vertically into your final set of rows and columns. But I think you know that already. To create rows and columns see the montage function. See http://us3.php.net/manual/en/imagick.montageimage.php