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PHP | Imagick getImageFormat() Function

The Imagick::getImageFormat() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to get the format of a particular image in a sequence 
Syntax: 
 

string Imagick::getImageFormat( void )

Parameters: This function does not accepts any parameter. 
Return Value: This function returns a string of the image format on success.
Below program illustrates the Imagick::getImageFormat() function in PHP: 
Program 1: 
Original Image: 
 

 

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<?php
// require_once('path/vendor/autoload.php');
  
// Create an Imagick Object
$image = new Imagick(
  
// Use getImageFormat function to find the formats
// of image
  
$res= $image->getImageFormat();
  
// Display the format sequence of image
echo $res;
?>


Output: 
 

PNG

Program 2: 
 

https://geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-from-2018-10-16-23-23-54-1-2.png

 

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<?php
$string = "Computer Science portal for Geeks!";
 
// creating new image of above String
// and add color and background
$im = new Imagick();
$draw = new ImagickDraw();
 
// Fill the color in image
$draw->setFillColor(new ImagickPixel('green'));
 
// Set the text font size
$draw->setFontSize(50);
 
$matrix = $im->queryFontMetrics($draw, $string);
$draw->annotation(0, 40, $string);
$im->newImage($matrix['textWidth'], $matrix['textHeight'],
         new ImagickPixel('white'));
 
// Draw the image         
$im->drawImage($draw);
 
$im->setImageFormat('jpeg');
 
// Imagick function to get format of created image
$res= $im->getImageFormat();
 
// Display the format sequence of image
echo $res;
?>


Output: 
 

jpeg

Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/imagick.getimageformat.php
 

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