[Bug]: imagick extension not loading

[PrasshantChavan]

Platform

Windows

Operating system version

Windows 11 version 23H2 (0S Build 22631.3527)

System architecture

Intel (x64) (Windows 11 x64)

Herd Version

1.1.0

PHP Version

8.1

Bug description

As per the herd documentation https://herd.laravel.com/docs/windows/1/advanced-usage/additional-extensions I have added
imagick extension but it shows an error log.

Please help me to solve this error ASAP in herd.

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'imagick' (tried: ext\imagick (The specified module could not be found), ext\php_imagick.dll (The specified module could not be found)) in Unknown on line 0

Steps to reproduce

No response

Relevant log output

No response

[mpociot]

Tr specifying the absolute path to the extension instead.

[PrasshantChavan]

Hey @mpociot you mean to say like this

[mpociot]

Yeah exactly

[PrasshantChavan]

Hey @mpociot ,
Its showing error

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:\Users\prass.config\herd\bin\php81\ext\php_imagick.dll' (tried: C:\Users\prass.config\herd\bin\php81\ext\php_imagick.dll (The specified module could not be found), ext\php_C:\Users\prass.config\herd\bin\php81\ext\php_imagick.dll.dll (The specified module could not be found)) in Unknown on line 0

[nikola-fast]

Monitoring if someone has found solution, I have same problem. Would be good if there was a tutorial how to install it for Herd.

[PrasshantChavan]

Hey @mpociot,
It's a humble request please find out the solution or if it is bug then please fix it or add a feature like installing extensions in specific PHP versions through laravel herd.
Because our working projects are broken because of this issue.
Otherwise, laravel herd is great invention.

Thank you.

[mpociot]

In addition to installing the imagemagick PHP extension, you will also need to install and download imagemagick itself: https://stackoverflow.com/a/44259058

[PrasshantChavan]

Hey @mpociot ,
I already followed this link when I was using xampp.
But now its not working for herd.

[msucevan]

Following, is anyone that for him imagick is working on Windows?

[nepa-anujpandey]

Anyone found how to resolve this issue on Windows 11?

[PrasshantChavan]

Hey @mpociot
Please let us know the solution.
Our working projects has been broken

[pau1phi11ips]

I had the same problem and it's working in Herd now. I had to install the exe:
https://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php#windows

and add the DLLs and update php.ini in C:\Users{my_username}.config\herd\bin\php83
https://mlocati.github.io/articles/php-windows-imagick.html

[nilotpaltruepid]

Have you set any environment variable in windows?

[msucevan]

Hi @mpociot, did you have any update on it? Really crucial, because some of my colleagues cannot use some projects with the current version Herd on Windows.

[pau1phi11ips]

Ask them to try the steps in my post above #711 (comment)

[akulmambetov]

@mpociot Any updates?

[pii-repo]

@mpociot Any update? I also face the same issue. I am using herd 1.13.0 and php 7.4

[Ridlo543]

Ahh, i already fix that in my project, you should download the imagick exactly version,
donwload in : https://pecl.php.net/package/imagick

check with

• php -i|find "Thread Safety" enabled for thread safe or disabled for not thread safe
• php -i|findstr "Architecture" x86 for 32 bits and x64 for 64 bits
• php -i|find "PHP Version"

[petarcar]

Herd->Services-> click on i icon (PHP-*).

PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: imagick: Unable to initialize module
Module compiled with build ID=API20230831,TS,VS16
PHP    compiled with build ID=API20230831,NTS,VS16
These options need to match
 in Unknown on line 0

There is mismatch post build. None of the versions of imagick suggested above won't work. it's a bug.

[CyberPunkCodes]

Just adding some info here:

1, a computer restart seemed to work magic :)
2, I added the path to the imagick folder of all the files from the zip to my windows env path

You need to know what you are working with. Just create a info.php file with phpinfo() command and find out what version of PHP (8.4 in my case), whether it's 64 bit or x86, and whether thread safety is enabled or not. Using default Herd for Windows 11, it was 64bit and thread safety is disabled. You can find that all from the php info file.

Then, use this page https://mlocati.github.io/articles/php-windows-imagick.html and click the filters to narrow it down and download the zip file. Open it up. Drag the php_imagick.dll to the ext directory in your Herd config dir, ie: C:\Users\[USER]\.config\herd\bin\php84\ext.

Create a directory in the root of the Herd config dir named imagick, ie: C:\Users\[USER]\.config\herd\bin\php84\imagick. Extract all of the rest of the files from the zip, except the php_imagick.dll, to that directory.

Do a search in your taskbar for env and choose the Edit the system environment.. result. Click the Environment Variables button. Click and choose the Path result in the top section and click the Edit button. Click New and add C:\Users\[USER]\.config\herd\bin\php84\imagick, replacing your username for your windows system and the version of php if it isnt 8.4. Your first entry should be C:\Users\[USER]\.config\herd\bin. Move the imagick one you just created up to be number 2, right below it. Ok, OK, Ok.

In Herd, Go to the PHP section and right click your PHP version, and choose open php.ini directory. Edit the php.ini file and at the very bottom add the following, assuming you dont have any imagick entries anywhere already:

[Imagick]
extension="C:\Users\[USER]\.config\herd\bin\php84\ext\php_imagick.dll"

Obviously replace your username and the correct version of PHP, it should be the path to the dll file you added first from the zip.

Save and restart your computer.

DO NOT install the ImageMagic installer from https://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php#windows. I was getting the error, "ImageMagick version 1808 but version 1809 is loaded". Uninstalled it, restarted, and it went away and reports both the same version. If you do the above, it isn't needed

Lastly, Restart. It seriously was not working and a restart magically made it work in the end.

Hope that helps someone... or myself in the future :)

[shahbaz-ali-ssi]

Just read the first line and restarted system. Solved my issue. I was pulling my hairs over why its working in cli but not showing in herd

[MarJose123]

This is the solution posted in the Imagick repository:

you can use the latest version of Imagick and make sure your extension is the same with your PHP version

For those of you like me who have never installed ImageMagick on Windows with PHP, let alone for PHP 7.2, I found this article very useful:
Install the ImageMagick PHP extension in Windows

The table here only goes up to PHP 7.1, so I also confirm that using these builds worked for me on PHP 7.2.2/Windows 10 (thread-safe version):

ImageMagick-7.0.7-11-vc15-x64.zip
php_imagick-3.4.3-7.2-ts-vc15-x64.zip
The workflow seems really clunky to me, but I did exactly as instructed:

Extract from php_imagick-….zip to the ext directory the php_imagick.dll file of your PHP installation
Extract from ImageMagick-….zip to the root PHP directory (where php.exe resides) the DLL files that start with (and there are a TON):
CORE_RL_
IM_MOD_RL_
Add this line to your php.ini file
extension=imagick
And then to run a simple test (should output a 1):
php -r "print(class_exists('imagick'));"

Imagick/imagick#224 (comment)