How can I install the php module Imagick on my webapps

Mario Bondici 21

HI there

I'm trying to install the imagick php module in my wordpress webapp, but I can't found the right way to do it.

I'm working with

System: Windows NT RD00155D5758B8 10.0 build 14393 (Windows Server 2016) AMD64

Loaded Configuration File: D:\local\Config\PHP-7.4.15x64\php.ini

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Can anyone help me?

Thanks in advance

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Ryan Hill 27,686 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-07-31T21:27:14.153+00:00
Hi @Mario Bondici ,

Based on your PHP version, get the latest php_imagick.dll from https://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/imagick/

Unzip the folder and Copy all CORE_RL_* files to d:\home\site\ImageMagick\

Copy php_imagick.dll to d:\home\site\ext\

Create new applicationHost.xdt file inside the d:\home\site folder and copy the below configuration <?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform">
<system.webServer>
<runtime xdt:Transform="InsertIfMissing">
<environmentVariables xdt:Transform="InsertIfMissing">
<add name="PATH" value="%PATH%;d:\home\site\ImageMagick" xdt:Locator="Match(name)" xdt:Transform="InsertIfMissing" />
</environmentVariables>
</runtime>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>

On your app service Application Settings:

Add an App Setting with the name MAGICK_CODER_MODULE_PATH and set value to d:\home\site\ImageMagick

Add an App Setting with the name MAGICK_HOME and set the value to d:\home\site\ImageMagick

Add an App Setting with the name PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR and set the value to d:\home\site\ext\

Add ImageMagick to .extensions.ini file in location: d:\home\site\ext; to create the extensions.ini file, see this blog post.

Restart the Web App and check the phpinfo page. It should return a imagick module section

You should see the following phpinfo results:
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Mario Bondici 21 Reputation points

2021-08-04T09:07:10.263+00:00

Hi @Ryan Hill

thanks for your answer. I followed the steps until

Add an App Setting with the name PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR and set the value to d:\home\site\ext\

but now I have some difficoults with the .extension.ini creation

The blog post show the process for Azure App Services Linux, but mine it's a Azure App Services Windows

Is it the same?

Where the post said:

"In your SSH session, run the command highlighted in yellow"

All the lines code are white and I don't understand wich is the command to run to install PHP Extensions

Ryan Hill 27,686 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-08-04T18:10:01.38+00:00

Hi @Mario Bondici ,

The important take away from the blog post is creating the .extension.ini. It's like the process of creating extension.ini that's under the Adding the Extension section of the blog post. You can also create the .extension.ini file locally and upload it to the d:\home\site\ext folder through the Kudu console. The file should contain

extension=d:\home\site\ext\<<ImageMagick extension filename>>

Mario Bondici 21 Reputation points

2021-08-05T08:40:25.663+00:00

Hi @Ryan Hill

I created all the files and folders by FTP, you can look my site file system in the attach

How you can see I'm using php_imagick-3.5.1rc1-7.4-nts-vc15-x64. Is this correct?

In this way it doesn't works I don't see imagick in my info.php after I restarted my webapp

This is what I edit inside extensions.ini

extension=d:\home\site\ext\php_imagick.dll

Thank you man :-)

Mario Bondici 21 Reputation points

2021-08-05T12:42:03.903+00:00

Hi @Ryan Hill

I solved changing the extensions.ini position, not in the ini folder but directly inside ext folder

the problem now is that if I upload a webp file in wp media library, I can't see the image. The wp media library shows an empty thumbnail without content inside.

Do you know why?
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Mario Bondici 21 Reputation points

2021-08-05T15:07:35.593+00:00
Hi @Ryan Hill ,

ok I solved adding a new configuration node in my web.config

<staticContent> <remove fileExtension=".webp" /> <mimeMap fileExtension=".webp" mimeType="image/webp" /> </staticContent>

Thanks
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Ryan Hill 27,686 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-08-05T15:58:55.207+00:00

Glad you able to find a solution @Mario Bondici and thanks for posting it.
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