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Created December 3, 2013 16:38
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Convert .pdf files to .jpg using PHP and Image Magick
$pdf_file = './pdf/demo.pdf';
$save_to = './jpg/demo.jpg'; //make sure that apache has permissions to write in this folder! (common problem)
//execute ImageMagick command 'convert' and convert PDF to JPG with applied settings
exec('convert "'.$pdf_file.'" -colorspace RGB -resize 800 "'.$save_to.'"', $output, $return_var);
if($return_var == 0) { //if exec successfuly converted pdf to jpg
print "Conversion OK";
}
else print "Conversion failed.<br />".$output;
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AdeleB commented Sep 9, 2014

Great work! This is a great solution to convert pdf file to jpg image I've appreciated.

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