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When starting XAMPP up and when I checked the PHP error logs, I got the following error:

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[05-Feb-2014 10:57:58 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:\xampp\php\ext\php_imagick.dll' - %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

 in Unknown on line 0

My operating system is: Windows 8.1 64-bit
My XAMPP version is: 1.8.2 (Apache 2.4, PHP 5.4)

I followed a few tutorials on how to get Imagick working, but I ended up with this error.

What I did to install Imagick:

• Get the Imagick executable (installation file) from their official site and install it. I got the latest dynamic version
• Grab a php_imagick.dll file somewhere (can't recall the location) and put it in C:\xampp\php\ext
• Restart my computer

Then I got the error I've shown you above and phpinfo() wont say anything about Imagick.

When I say convert in a command prompt window, I get information returned which indicates that Imagmagick is installed on my system. I'm assuming I just have the wrong dll file.

Any help to help me solve this would be appreciated.

Dugi wrote:[*]Grab a php_imagick.dll file somewhere (can't recall the location) and put it in C:\xampp\php\ext

... and that is the problem.

This does not work, you cannot simply download *any* php_imagick.dll and put it to your ext folder. The dll must "match" youre PHP installation (same PHP version, same C-Compiler, same Development Libraries etc.).

Either ask Bitnami for a solution and if there is no solution, you cannot run Xampp with Imagick. You should install a different PHP Version (and deinstall Xampp completely), which delivers php_imagick.dll out of the box.

But mostly you have to download the corresponding source and compile it on yourseld. This mostly is a real pain for Users in a Windows Environment. Therefore I recommend to setup a Linux Server and install Apache, PHP etc. there. All these tools are basically developed under Linux (as well as Imagick, this is a linux tool!) and are better maintained under Linux and as well more stable.

there is missing library on your windows(syswow64).