Output raw image from Imagick image in PHP

Question

I\'m using Imagick lib to do some modifications to original image. Then I\'d like to output it directly to browser without saving. Is there a way to do that?

I tried

Answer 1

If you're using HHVM it'll throw a fatal exception if you just try and echo the Imagick object so you'll need to call getimageblob();

$imagick = new Imagick('my-image.jpg');
header('Content-Type: image/' . $imagick->getImageFormat());
echo $imagick->getimageblob();