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Monky
Monky

Reputation: 21

transform .SVG images by the help of PHP - Image Magick similar

There's a need to transform .svg files and save em either in .svg or jpeg format. The problems with ImageMagick is that it saves transformed files on white background and I deadly need it on transparent.

Any suggestions with other tools or clear php? Would really appreciate it.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1164

Answers (3)

jigfox
jigfox

Reputation: 18175

The right ImageMagick command should be:

convert -background none somefile.svg somefile.png

You should use PNG or GIF as file format, because JPEG doesn't support transparency.

To use it in PHP:

<?php
$svg_file_name = "somefile.svg";
$png_file_name = "somefile.png;
system("convert -background none $svg_file_name $png_file_name");
?>

Upvotes: 4

orrd
orrd

Reputation: 9927

You can't do transparency with JPEG, but here's how to save an SVG as a PNG with a transparent background...

$image = new Imagick();
$image->setBackgroundColor(new ImagickPixel('transparent')); 
$image->readImage('somefile.svg');

// ... do any image manipulation you need to here ... 

$image->setImageFormat('png32');
$image->writeImage('somefile.png');

Upvotes: 0

Quamis
Quamis

Reputation: 11087

I doubt you can transform SVG files easily from within php. SVG files are basically XML files, and the standard is public, so anyone can make a converter...

I'd go for the external tool, it's easier and faster than processing from within a scripted language, and a lot safer when the author of the script dosen't actually know how to find out the command line switches for an application, and that JPEG files does not support transparency:)

go for convert -background none somefile.svg somefile.png as Jens said...

Upvotes: 0

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