Install Imagick Extension in Xampp PHP8.1 Windows

Preface

Here is the list of the software that we use in this article:

• xampp-windows-x64-8.1.0-0-VS16-installer.exe
• php_imagick-3.7.0-8.1-ts-vs16-x64.zip
• ImageMagick-7.1.0-18-vc15-x64.zip

Install Imagick extension on Xampp PHP8.1 Windows just follow the steps below:

Steps

1. unzip php_imagick-3.7.0-8.1-ts-vs16-x64.zip , copy php_imagick.dll to xampp/php/ext folder
2. mv php_imagick-3.7.0-8.1-ts-vs16-x64 folder to c:\ and add this folder to enviroument path , move up it on the top of php8.1 path
3. unzip ImageMagick-7.1.0-18-vc15-x64.zip , copy bin/*.dll except ImageMagickObject.dll to xampp/apache/bin
4. edit php.ini add one line of the extension part
   extension=php_imagick.dll
5. restart apache

References

• https://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/349/how-to-install-and-enable-the-imagick-extension-in-xampp-for-windows
• https://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php#windows
• https://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/deps/
• https://pecl.php.net/package/imagick/3.7.0/windows
• https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html