• Read Images
  • Read Image Sources
  • Read Images from File Paths
  • Read Images from Binary Data
  • Read Images from SplFileInfo Objects
  • Read Images from Base64 Encoded Data
  • Read Images from Data Uri Scheme
  • Read Images from Stream
• Create Images
  • Create New Images & Animations

Read Images

Read Image Sources

public ImageManager::decode(mixed $source, null|string|array|DecoderInterface $decoders = null): ImageInterface

With a configured Image Manager it is possible to read images from different sources. The decode() method accepts all available image sources. A complete list can be found below.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
source	mixed	Image source
decoders	null, string, array or DecoderInterface	Decoder(s) to process the input data, by default decoders for all image sources are tried

Supported Image Sources

The following source argument formats are accepted.

• Path in filesystem
• Raw binary image data
• SplFileInfo object
• Base64 encoded image data
• Data Uri string or instance of DataUriInterface
• Stream resource
• Instance of ImageInterface
• Instance of EncodedImageInterface

To decode the source, you can optionally specify which decoder to use with the second parameter. This can be an array of class names or objects of decoders to be tried in sequence. It is also possible to pass a single object or class name of a decoder. If the second parameter is not set, all available image decoders will be tried.

Example

use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Driver;

// create new manager instance with desired driver
$manager = ImageManager::usingDriver(Driver::class);

// read image from filesystem
$image = $manager->decode('images/example.jpg');

// read image from binary data
$image = $manager->decode(file_get_contents('images/example.jpg'));

use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Driver;
use Intervention\Image\Decoders\DataUriImageDecoder;
use Intervention\Image\Decoders\Base64ImageDecoder;
use Intervention\Image\Decoders\FilePathImageDecoder;

// create new manager instance with desired driver
$manager = ImageManager::usingDriver(Driver::class);

// read image only from data uri or base64 encoded data
$image = $manager->decode($input, [
 DataUriImageDecoder::class,
 Base64ImageDecoder::class,
]);

// read image only from file path
$image = $manager->decode($input, FilePathImageDecoder::class);

// same with object instead of class name
$image = $manager->decode($input, new FilePathImageDecoder());

Read Images from File Paths

public ImageManager::decodePath(string|Stringable $path): ImageInterface

Decode an image by using the given path in filesystem.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
path	string or Stringable	Image path

use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Driver;

// create new manager instance with desired driver
$manager = ImageManager::usingDriver(Driver::class);

// read image from filesystem
$image = $manager->decodePath('images/example.jpg');

Read Images from Binary Data

public ImageManager::decodeBinary(string|Stringable $binary): ImageInterface

Create an image instance by decoding the given raw binary image data.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
binary	string or Stringable	Binary image data

use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Driver;

// create new manager instance with desired driver
$manager = ImageManager::usingDriver(Driver::class);

// read image from binary
$image = $manager->decodeBinary(file_get_contents('images/example.jpg'));

Read Images from SplFileInfo Objects

public ImageManager::decodeSplFileInfo(SplFileInfo $splFileInfo): ImageInterface

Decode an image by decoding the image data of the given SplFileInfo instance. Use this method to handle image file uploads in the Laravel or Symfony frameworks from Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile or Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
splFileInfo	SplFileInfo	Instance of SplFileInfo with image data

use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Driver;

// create new manager instance with desired driver
$manager = ImageManager::usingDriver(Driver::class);

// read image from splFileInfo object
$image = $manager->decodeSplFileInfo(new SplFileInfo('example.jpg'));

Read Images from Base64 Encoded Data

public ImageManager::decodeBase64(string|Stringable $base64): ImageInterface

Create an image instance by decoding the given base64 encoded image data.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
base64	string or Stringable	Base64 encoded image data

use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Driver;

// create new manager instance with desired driver
$manager = ImageManager::usingDriver(Driver::class);

// read image from base64 encoded data
$image = $manager->decodeBase64('Zm9vYmFyYmF6MTIzNDU2Nzg5MA...');

Read Images from Data Uri Scheme

public ImageManager::decodeDataUri(string|Stringable|DataUriInterface $dataUri): ImageInterface

Create an image instance by decoding the image in the given data uri scheme.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
dataUri	string, Stringable or DataUriInterface	Image data encoded as data uri scheme.

use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Driver;

// create new manager instance with desired driver
$manager = ImageManager::usingDriver(Driver::class);

// read image from data uri
$image = $manager->decodeDataUri('data:image/jpeg,Zm9vYmFyYmF6MTIzNDU2Nzg5MA...');

Read Images from Stream

public ImageManager::decodeStream(mixed $stream): ImageInterface

Decode an image by using the given stream resource.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
stream	resource	Stream resource with image data

use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Driver;

// create new manager instance with desired driver
$manager = ImageManager::usingDriver(Driver::class);

// open new stream resource
$stream = fopen('example.jpg', 'r');

// read image from stream
$image = $manager->decodeStream($stream);

Create Images

Create New Images & Animations

public function createImage(int $width, int $height, null|callable|AnimationFactoryInterface $animation = null): ImageInterface;

Reading existing image sources is one thing, but what if you want to create your own images? Intervention Images can help you with that. You start with an instance of the Intervention\Image\ImageManager class and call the createImage() method with the desired image size as arguments. See the following example:

By default the image is created with a transparent background. If you want to define a background color instead use the fill() method after the createImage() call.

Optionally you can pass a callback to add animation frames and create an animated image. Define the delay time of the individual animation frames. Note that animations created this way must be encoded in a format that supports animations.

Animations are possible in all drivers. Read more on how to modify animated images.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
width	integer	Image width
height	integer	Image height
animation	null, callable or AnimationFactoryInterface	Optional callback for defining animation frames

Example

use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Driver;
use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\AnimationFactoryInterface;

// create new manager instance with desired driver
$manager = ImageManager::usingDriver(Driver::class);

// create new image 640x480
$image = $manager->createImage(640, 480);

// create new image 512x512 with gray background
$image = $manager->createImage(512, 512)->fill('ccc');

// create new animated image 120x80 with five animation frames and a delay of 250ms
$image = $manager->createImage(120, 80, function (AnimationFactoryInterface $animation): void {
 $animation->add('image.png', .25)->pixelate(20);
 $animation->add('image.png', .25)->pixelate(15);
 $animation->add('image.png', .25)->pixelate(10);
 $animation->add('image.png', .25)->pixelate(5);
 $animation->add('image.png', .25);
});