Convert PDF to JPG image with PHP

Question

I am using ImageMagik to try and convert the contents of a PDF to JPG, but keep getting an empty jpg. I have made sure the perms are 777 on everything for testing so I am a little lost how to continue.

Here is the script I am running

<?php

    exec('convert testfile.pdf output.jpg', $output, $return_var);

?>

Answer 1

Try this.

<?php
    $pdf = 'testfile.pdf';
    $save = 'output.jpg';

    exec('convert "'.$pdf.'" -colorspace RGB -resize 800 "'.$save.'"', $output, $return_var);

?>

Answer 2

Use the absolute path to the binary, like this:

exec('/usr/bin/convert testfile.pdf output.jpg', $output, $return_var);

But make sure your convert binary is actually on /usr/bin you can check that out with the following command:

which convert