[FIXED] How to make tiled image frame without using exec function?

Issue

Original image: Here what i need: It should be created from this small tile:

A lot of people suggest to use ImageMagick solution (it using php exec function) - http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21867:

convert frame_template.gif \
-tile blackthin_top.gif -draw 'color 1,0 floodfill' -rotate 90 \
-tile blackthin_btm.gif -draw 'color 1,0 floodfill' -rotate 90 \
-tile blackthin_top.gif -draw 'color 1,0 floodfill' -rotate 90 \
-tile blackthin_btm.gif -draw 'color 1,0 floodfill' -rotate 90 \
-gravity center thumbnail.gif -composite frame_filled.gif

or

PICFrame solution (it using php exec function) - http://www.fmwconcepts.com/imagemagick/picframe/index.php:

picframe [-f frameid] [-m mattesize] [-c mattecolor] [-b bordersize] [-s shade] [-a adjust] [-o opacity ] [-d distance] infile outfile

PHP imagick has great ability to create color borders with:

$imagick = new \Imagick('image.jpg');
$imagick->scaleImage(300, 300, false);

// Create frame placeholder
$imagick->frameimage( 'red','30','30', 30, 0);

// Flood fill with color
$imagick->floodFillPaintImage('green', 10, '#6e0000',0, 0,false
);

header("Content-Type: image/jpg");
echo $imagick->getImageBlob();

But PHP imagick can't use your own image tile to create frame, only solid colors. Here is very related question - How to flood fill the frame with a pattern image using imagick php class?

Another good solution from - https://stackoverflow.com/a/28778953/2337706 but it creates image from big PNG frames and you should know correct image size.

I know that i can create it with php GD - http://php.net/manual/en/ref.image.php but i don't know correct way how implement it this way.

Solution

In ImageMagick, you could just do something simple like this:

convert a1Wit.jpg -mattecolor black -frame 10x10+3+3 -gravity west -chop 3x0 -bordercolor gold -border 3 frame_result.jpg

These commands should be easy enough to translate into Imagick. See http://us3.php.net/manual/en/imagick.frameimage.php and http://us3.php.net/manual/en/imagick.chopimage.php and http://us3.php.net/manual/en/imagick.borderimage.php

Or simply:

convert a1Wit.jpg -bordercolor black -border 7 -bordercolor "gray(35%)" -border 3 -bordercolor "#D0A456" -border 3 frame_result2.jpg

Or

convert a1Wit.jpg -mattecolor "gray(30%)" -frame 13x13+5+5 -gravity northwest -shave 5x5 -bordercolor "#D0A456" -border 3 frame_result3.jpg

Or

convert a1Wit.jpg -mattecolor "gray(30%)" -frame 13x13+5+5 -gravity northwest -bordercolor "#D0A456" -border 3 frame_result4.jpg

Adjust the color thicknesses as desired

Answered By - fmw42

Answer Checked By - Marilyn (PHPFixing Volunteer)