Image Manager

• Create a new image manager instance
• Create a new image manager instance with static helper methods
  • Static Constructor
  • Static GD Driver Constructor
  • Static Imagick Driver Constructor

The image manager works as a starting point for all operations. With this class you determine the used driver by configuration and then call the methods necessary for instantiation.

Create a new image manager instance

public ImageManager::__construct(string|DriverInterface $driver): ImageInterface

The instantiation of the image manager configures the entire setup and specifies the driver. This option is required. The possible values for the driver either an instance or a class name of driver.

Intervention Image is currently supplied with two different drivers. Depending on your PHP installation, you can choose between GD or Imagick.

• Intervention\Image\Drivers\Gd\Driver
• Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Driver

Parameters

Examples

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

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

// alternatively create new manager instance by class name
$manager = new ImageManager(Driver::class);

Create a new image manager instance with static helper methods

Static Constructor

public static ImageManager::withDriver(string|DriverInterface $driver): ImageInterface

The static helper method acts the same way as the constructor and takes either a class name or an instance of the driver.

Parameters

Examples

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

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

// or create new manager by class name
$manager = ImageManager::withDriver(Driver::class);

Static GD Driver Constructor

public static ImageManager::gd(): ImageInterface

This static helper methods for GD driver creates a new image manager instance directly without arguments.

Examples

use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;

// create new image manager with gd driver
$manager = ImageManager::gd();

Static Imagick Driver Constructor

public static ImageManager::imagick(): ImageInterface

This static helper methods takes no arguments and creates a new image manager instance with Imagick driver directly.

Examples

use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;

// create new image manager with gd driver
$manager = ImageManager::imagick();

Read more about the different methods of the image manager in the instantiation section