<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Merges image layers</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="imagick.medianfilterimage.html">Imagick::medianFilterImage</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="imagick.minifyimage.html">Imagick::minifyImage</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.imagick.html">Imagick</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="imagick.mergeimagelayers" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">Imagick::mergeImageLayers</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PECL imagick 2.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">Imagick::mergeImageLayers</span> — <span class="dc-title">Merges image layers</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-imagick.mergeimagelayers-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type"><a href="class.imagick.html" class="type Imagick">Imagick</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>Imagick::mergeImageLayers</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$layer_method</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Merges image layers into one. This method is useful when working with image formats that use multiple layers such as PSD. The merging is controlled using the <code class="parameter">layer_method</code> which defines how the layers are merged. This method is available if Imagick has been compiled against ImageMagick version 6.3.7 or newer. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-imagick.mergeimagelayers-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <code class="parameter">layer_method</code></dt> <dd> <p class="para"> One of the <strong><code>Imagick::LAYERMETHOD_*</code></strong> constants </p> </dd> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-imagick.mergeimagelayers-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns an Imagick object containing the merged image. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-imagick.mergeimagelayers-errors"> <h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3> <p class="para"> Throws ImagickException on error. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-imagick.mergeimagelayers-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="imagick.flattenimages.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">Imagick::flattenImages()</a> - Merges a sequence of images</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-imagick.mergeimagelayers-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-3942"> <p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>Imagick::mergeImageLayers()</strong></span></strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mergeImageLayers</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$layerMethodType</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$imagePath1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$imagePath2</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$imagick </span><span style="color: #007700">= new \</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Imagick</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">realpath</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$imagePath</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$imagick2 </span><span style="color: #007700">= new \</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Imagick</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">realpath</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$imagePath2</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$imagick</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">addImage</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$imagick2</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$imagick</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">setImageFormat</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'png'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$imagick</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mergeImageLayers</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$layerMethodType</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">header</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type: image/png"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getImageBlob</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="imagick.medianfilterimage.html">Imagick::medianFilterImage</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="imagick.minifyimage.html">Imagick::minifyImage</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.imagick.html">Imagick</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>