Debuging Imagemagick::

[chops]

I am having trouble using imagemagick....I cannot seem to get this line to work:

$thumb_dest = "/path/to/file/name.jpg";
exec("/usr/local/bin/convert -geometry $thumb_w $img $thumb_dest" ) or die("convert failed");

I always get convert failed....but I cannot find out why?

[chops]

I have also tried the line:
system("/usr/local/bin/convert -geometry $thumb_w $img $thumb_dest" ) or die("convert failed");

[[deleted]]

Ofcourse you printed out the command that you are trying to excute?
And that command does work when you run it by hand?
And PHP/Your webserver does have access rights to run imagemagic?

[chops]

Yes for access rights. And not sure about it working when I run it by hand....but after much reading in the docs, I don't believe that my command line is wrong.

[[deleted]]

To coin a phrase: "Assumption is the mother of all F-ups"

[chops]

hmmm....not too much help there.

[[deleted]]

What I mean is: don't assume your command is correct, try it out.