PHP | Imagick smushImages() function

The Imagick::smushImages() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to take all the images from the list of current image to the end of the image and smush them to each other from top-to-bottom if the stack parameter is set to true, otherwise left-to-right.

Syntax:

bool Imagick::smushImages(bool $stack, int $offset)

Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:

• $stack: This parameter holds the boolean which decides whether to smush top-to-bottom which is in case of TRUE or left-to-right which is in case of FALSE.
• $offset: This parameter holds the mean offset.

Return Value: This function returns a new smushed image.

Below programs illustrates the Imagick::smushImages() function in PHP:

Program 1:

<?php

// Create a new Imagick object
$imagick1 = new Imagick(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190823154611/geeksforgeeks24.png');

// Create another new Imagick object
$imagick2 = new Imagick(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190920144514/tint22.png');

// Add the image
$imagick1->addimage($imagick2);

// Apply the smushImages() function
$smushed = $imagick1->smushImages(false, 100);

header("Content-Type: image/png");

// Display the output image
echo $smushed->getImageBlob();

?>

Output:

Program 2:

<?php
// Create a new Imagick object
$imagick1 = new Imagick(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190920144514/tint22.png');

// Create another new Imagick object
$imagick2 = new Imagick(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190823154611/geeksforgeeks24.png');

// Add the image
$imagick1->addimage($imagick2);

// Apply the smushImages() function
$smushed = $imagick1->smushImages(true, 70);

header("Content-Type: image/png");

// Display the output image
echo $smushed->getImageBlob();

?>

Output:

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