PHP | ImagickDraw pathStart() Function

Last Updated : 30 Dec, 2019

The ImagickDraw::pathStart() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to declare the start of a path drawing list. Later, pathFinish() function is used to terminate this list.

Syntax:

bool ImagickDraw::pathStart( void )

Parameters: This function doesn’t accept any parameters.

Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success.

Exceptions: This function throws ImagickException on error.

Below programs illustrate the ImagickDraw::pathStart() function in PHP:

Program 1:

<?php 
  
// Create a new Imagick object 
$imagick = new Imagick(); 
  
// Create a image on Imagick object 
$imagick->newImage(800, 250, 'white'); 
  
// Create a new ImagickDraw object 
$draw = new ImagickDraw(); 
  
// Set the stroke width 
$draw->setStrokeWidth(10); 
  
$draw->setFillColor('green'); 
  
// Start the path 
$draw->pathStart(); 
  
// Draw a pattern 
$draw->pathMoveToRelative(400, 200); 
$draw->pathLineToAbsolute(400, 100); 
$draw->pathLineToAbsolute(300, 200); 
$draw->pathLineToAbsolute(300, 100); 
  
// End the path 
$draw->pathFinish(); 
  
// Render the draw commands 
$imagick->drawImage($draw); 
  
// Show the output 
$imagick->setImageFormat('png'); 
header("Content-Type: image/png"); 
echo $imagick->getImageBlob(); 
?> 

Output:

Program 2:

<?php 
  
// Create a new imagick object 
$imagick = new Imagick(); 
  
// Create a image on imagick object 
$imagick->newImage(800, 250, 'white'); 
  
// Create a new ImagickDraw object 
$draw = new ImagickDraw(); 
  
// Set the stroke width 
$draw->setStrokeWidth(10); 
  
// Set the stroke color 
$draw->setStrokeColor('red'); 
  
// Set the fill color 
$draw->setFillColor('white'); 
  
// Start the path 
$draw->pathStart(); 
$x = 1; 
  
// Draw a pattern 
while ($x < 10) { 
    $draw->pathMoveToAbsolute($x * 100, 0); 
    $draw->pathLineToHorizontalAbsolute($x * 100); 
    $draw->pathMoveToAbsolute(0, $x * 100); 
    $x++; 
} 
  
$draw->pathclose(); 
  
// End the path 
$draw->pathFinish(); 
  
// Render the draw commands 
$imagick->drawImage($draw); 
  
// Show the output 
$imagick->setImageFormat('png'); 
header("Content-Type: image/png"); 
echo $imagick->getImageBlob(); 
?> 