# Install ImgMagick for PHP on MacOS

When it comes to image handling (from multiple things like crop, sizing,...). You won't use normal `GD` of PHP, it sucks. 

You will use a library instead, and ImageMagick is quite awesome in terms of that.

From PHP, ImageMagick also offers a native extension for us to install. Which I'm about to show you below!!

I'll use `brew` and `pecl` for the installation.

## Prepare

If you haven't installed this, run it:

```bash
brew install pkg-config zlib
```

Additionally, you might need to do this as well, in order to make the installation go smoothly.

```php
ln -s /opt/homebrew/Cellar/pcre2/10.39/include/pcre2.h /opt/homebrew/Cellar/php/8.1.0_1/include/php/ext/pcre/pcre2.h
```

## Install

```bash
brew install imagemagick
pect install imgmagick
```

If you see this "Extension imagick enabled in php.ini" after the command. Then congrats!