title: Installing ImageMagick extension with php/windows
body: <p>Running PHP Version 5.2.5 on Windows Server 2003 with IIS.</p>
  
  <p>Have virtually an identical server where we were able to install ImageMagick with no issues. It's running exactly the same version of php. Used the following steps to install, but it just won't seem to work on this server. ImageMagick itself is installed but php won't load the extension. </p>
  
  <p>We've spent hours trying to get the extension installed. It just won't show up in phpinfo(). </p>
  
  <p><strong>INSTALL STEPS TAKEN</strong></p>
  
  <p>To install IMagick on Windows XP (PHP 5.2.x)</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>download and install <code>ImageMagick-6.5.8-7 Q16-windows-dll.exe</code>
  <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-6.5.8-7-Q16-windows-dll.exe" rel="noreferrer">http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-6.5.8-7-Q16-windows-dll.exe</a></p></li>
  <li><p>download <code>php_imagick_dyn-Q16.dll</code> from
  <a href="http://valokuva.org/outside-blog-content/imagick-windows-builds/080709/" rel="noreferrer">http://valokuva.org/outside-blog-content/imagick-windows-builds/080709/</a></p>
  
  <p>copy DLL to [PHP]/extension dir and rename it to <code>php_imagick.dll</code></p></li>
  <li><p>You have to edit your <code>php.ini</code> file and add the new extension:</p>
  
  <pre><code>extension=php_imagick.dll
  </code></pre></li>
  <li><p>Save <code>php.ini</code> and restart Apache server. (If necessary, restart Windows)</p></li>
  <li><p><code>phpinfo()</code> should show <code>imagick</code> enabled.</p></li>
  </ol>