Problem reading svg files

[kareed]

Hi,
I am having trouble reading svg files in a php script. I am trying the following

$img = new Imagick($svgFile);
$canvas->compositeImage( $img, imagick::COMPOSITE_OVER, 0, 0 );

and I am getting the following error
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'ImagickException' with message 'no decode delegate for this image format `/var/folders/1Z/1ZOs3r15HKGGDQfu54uHyE+++TI/-Tmp-/magick-xUb7ZeaQ' @ error/constitute.c/ReadImage/532' in

The weird part is if I try this in the script
exec("convert -background none $svgFile $pngFile");
it will convert the file and I can then read in the png file and use it.

I am using ImageMagick 6.6.5 and php 5.2.13

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

[fmw42]

try setting the background and especially the density for the svg file before compositing

[kareed]

I'm not entirely sure what you mean. The error is actually being thrown when it is being read in. Are you saying I should set the Imagick instance up first and adding some parameters before I try reading in the file?
Thanks

[fmw42]

Does your version of IM and also Imagick support SVG format? You may need to install the RSVG package.

You can check what you have using

convert -list configure

and see if the line starting with DELEGATES contains either svg or rsvg. On mine I have

DELEGATES bzlib fftw fontconfig freetype gs jpeg jng jp2 lcms2 lqr lzma mpeg openexr png rsvg tiff x11 xml zlib


Alternately, look at

convert -list format

and see what you have for SVG. On mine I have


SVG SVG rw+ Scalable Vector Graphics (RSVG 2.32.1)

[kareed]

I figured imagick had the same svg capabilites as convert. I am not sure how imagemagick is different from imagick.

The past few days I was trying to install the rsvg package to fix a problem where the original convert of a svg image with a rotation was screwed up. I installed the rsvg and I couldn't get it work properly with an image either. The image wouldn't show up. So I uninstalled the rsvg library. Should I reinstall it?
Thanks

[fmw42]

I am not an expert on svg, vs rsvg except the latter is better nor do I use Imagick (only command line). If you install rsvg, then perhaps PHP needs to also know where it its. Also then you must install IM and presumably Imagick again afterwards.

[kareed]

I tried upgrading to rsvg 2.32, reinstalled ImageMagick and it still threw the same error when I tried reading a svg file. So I am still stumped, I can't figure out why the convert works but not Imagick. I can't find any settings that I would need to put in the php config.
Thanks