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Hello,

i am trying to convert pdf files (or 1 page of a pdf file) to jpg to make a previeuw of the pdf availeble.

I am doing this with ImageMagick and Ghostscript.

When i do this in a cmd on my windows server it works perfectly.
When i try to do it in a php file it does not do anything.

the command i am using is this:
<?
exec("convert 1.pdf[0] 1.jpg");
?>

could somebody please tel me what i am doing wrong?

I have not used pdf but as far as I can tell you are trying to convert layer 0 to a jpg ?
Have you tried:

Yes i have tried it, doesn't work.

What i am doing is convert page 1 of the pdf to jpg.

I am wondering if exec() does work. Is there mayby a simpel command to check if exec does anything?

Problem solved.

The big secret is to restart your server after completing the installation script of ImageMagick and Ghostscript!

Anywayz, Thanks for trying...

I'm working on the same thing, trying to get a thumbnail of the first page to show. I'm posting another topic especially for it.

However, as to your problem: add "-debug exception" to your command; it'll show you what's going on. A typical command, with debug looks like this:

$command= "/usr/local/bin/convert -debug exception $precomm $fpfile $comm $tb_fpfile";

exec($command, $convert_array, $code); Note the $convert_array; that's where your debug message is

My guess is that path to "convert" is not correct.

I had the same problem. I solved it by replacing the exec() command by the popen() function. Maybe this will be your solution as wel.. Good luck!