What is the difference between Imagemagick and Imagick?

Question

What is the difference between Imagemagick and Imagick ?
How do I configure Imagick to work with IIS and php 5.4.14?

Answer 1

Imagick is a php API for Imagemagick.

Find the correct dll, uncomment imagick in php.ini and prepare to spend some time getting it working.

Answer 2

Side-note, ImageMagick is not a "PHP Utility" it's a command line utility that existed before PHP. It can be used by many programs, or by people directly, to manipulate images.

Wherea Imagick is a native implementation of the ImageMagick API for PHP -- https://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.imagick.php

I know my answers are trivially different, but when it comes to a lot of things (including programming), the devil is in the details.

I unfortunately have no reference for installing PHP with Imagick/ImageMagick on Windows/IIS But I assume the DLL answer to be the correct one.