PHP | ImagickDraw line() Function

Last Updated : 10 Oct, 2021

The ImagickDraw::line() function is an inbuilt function in Imagick library of PHP which is used to draw a line. This function draw the line using the current stroke color, stroke opacity, and stroke width.

Syntax:

bool ImagickDraw::line( $sx, $sy, $ex, $ey )

Parameters: This function accepts four parameters as mentioned above and described below:

$sx: This parameter takes the value of starting x coordinate.
$sy: This parameter takes the value of starting y coordinate.
$ex: This parameter takes the value of ending x coordinate.
$ey: This parameter takes the value of ending y coordinate.

Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success.
Below program illustrate the ImagickDraw::line() function in PHP:
Program:

php

<?php
 
// Create an Imagick object
$draw = new \ImagickDraw();
 
// Function to fill color
$draw->setFillColor('red');
 
// Function to draw line
$draw->line(10, 30, 180, 200);
 
// Create Imagick object
$imagick = new \Imagick();
 
// Create new image of given size
$imagick->newImage(300, 300, 'white');
 
// Set the image format
$imagick->setImageFormat("png");
 
// Function to draw the image
$imagick->drawImage($draw);
 
header("Content-Type: image/png");
 
// Display the output image    
echo $imagick->getImageBlob();
?>