ImageMagick and Ghostscript work but I still can't convert pdf to jpg

matthewst

Installed ImageMagick and GhostScript with macPorts. Both installs pass the "working" tests listed on there respective sites. When I try a conversion nothing happens.

convert.php

<?php
//$pdf = "/images/image.pdf";
//$pdfimage = pdf_open_image_file($pdf, "jpeg", "test.jpg");
//pdf_place_image($pdf, $pdfimage, 10, 10, 0.6);

exec("convert images/image.pdf images/image.jpeg")

?>

<html>
<head>
<title>pdf to jpg converter</title>
</head>
<?php
echo "<img src='images/image.jpg'>";
?>
<body>
</body>
</html>

Am I missing something?

tron00

Have you checked your imagemagick install? You need to make sure it is installed with pdf support.

matthewst

When I run "convert image.pdf image.jpg" in terminal it is successful. It just won't work in php.

koldstar

Hi matthewst

Did you find a solution? Because, I'm having the same problem

rowanparker

Can you run with passthru(); instead as this provides output that the terminal gives?

Edit: Check your paths, I don't know if the working PHP directory is carried over to the exec command or if the exec command's working dir is your home folder.