PHP | Imagick getImagesBlob() Function

The Imagick::getImageBlob() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to get the all the image sequences as a blob. This function is useful for animated gifs as doing getImageBlob() on them won’t work. This function implements direct to memory image formats.

Syntax:

string Imagick::getImagesBlob( void )

Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.

Return Value: This function returns a string containing the images.

Exceptions: This function throws ImagickException on error.

Below programs illustrate the Imagick::getImagesBlob() function in PHP:

Program 1:

<?php

// Create a new imagick object
$imagickAnimation = new Imagick(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20191117194549/g4ganimatedcolor.gif');

// Show the output
header("Content-Type: image/gif");

echo $imagickAnimation->getImagesBlob();
?>

Output:

Program 2:

<?php

// Create a new imagick object
$imagickAnimation = new Imagick(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20191117194549/g4ganimatedcolor.gif');

foreach ($imagickAnimation as $frame) {

    // Apply blur to each frame
    $frame->blurImage(5, 3);
}

// Show the output
header("Content-Type: image/gif");

echo $imagickAnimation->getImagesBlob();
?>

Output:

Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/imagick.getimagesblob.php