Intervention Image is a PHP image processing library that provides a simple and expressive way to create, edit, and compose images. It comes with a universal interface for the popular PHP image manipulation extensions. You can choose between the GD library, Imagick or libvips as the base layer for all operations.

• Fluent interface for common image editing tasks
• Interchangeable driver architecture with support for GD, Imagick and libvips
• Support for animated images with all drivers
• Framework-agnostic

Install this library using Composer. Add the package with the following command:

composer require intervention/image

Learn the basics on how to use Intervention Image and more with the official documentation.

use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Gd\Driver as GdDriver;
use Intervention\Image\Alignment;
use Intervention\Image\Color;
use Intervention\Image\Format;

// create image manager instance using the preferred driver
$manager = ImageManager::usingDriver(GdDriver::class);

// read image data from path
$image = $manager->decodePath('images/example.webp');

// scale image by height
$image->scale(height: 300);

// insert a watermark
$image->insert('images/watermark.png', alignment: Alignment::BOTTOM_RIGHT);

// encode edited image
$encoded = $image->encodeUsingFormat(Format::JPEG, quality: 65);

// save encoded image
$encoded->save('images/example.jpg');

Ensure that your server environment meets the following requirements before installation:

• PHP >= 8.3
• Mbstring PHP Extension
• Image Processing PHP Extension (GD, Imagick or libvips)

Depending on your environment Intervention Image lets you choose between different image processing extensions.

• GD Library
• Imagick PHP extension
• libvips

If you discover any security related issues, please email [email protected] directly.

This library is developed and maintained by Oliver Vogel

Thanks to the community of contributors who have helped to improve this project.

Intervention Image is licensed under the MIT License.