<?php 
        $handle = imagick_readimage( getcwd() . "/image.jpg" ) ;
        if ( imagick_iserror( $handle ) )
        {
                $reason      = imagick_failedreason( $handle ) ;
                $description = imagick_faileddescription( $handle ) ;

                print "handle failed!<BR>\nReason: $reason<BR>\nDescription: $description<BR>\n" ;
        exit ;
        }

    imagick_convert( $handle, "GIF" ) ;

    //
    //  I intentionally left the .gif extension off the file name to
    //  demonstrate a second way to convert images.  You might use
    //  this method when reading an image from a file, converting it
    //  and then immediately displaying it to the user.
    //

        if ( !imagick_writeimage( $handle, getcwd() . "/new_image" ) )
        {
                $reason      = imagick_failedreason( $handle ) ;
                $description = imagick_faileddescription( $handle ) ;

                print "imagick_writeimage() failed<BR>\nReason: $reason<BR>\nDescription: $description<BR>\n" ;
        exit ;
        }

        print "Done!<BR>\n" ;
?>