<?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 ;
    }

    //
    //  For 4th parameter, use any of the following:
    //
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_UNDEFINED
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_POINT
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_BOX
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_TRIANGLE
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_HERMITE
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_HANNING
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_HAMMING
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_BLACKMAN
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_GAUSSIAN
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_QUADRATIC
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_CUBIC
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_CATROM
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_MITCHELL
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_LANCZOS
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_BESSEL
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_SINC
    //    IMAGICK_FILTER_UNKNOWN
    //
    //  Use IMAGICK_FILTER_UNKNOWN to defer to whatever filter is defined
    //  in the image.
    //
    
    if ( !imagick_resize( $handle, 700, 700, IMAGICK_FILTER_UNKNOWN, 0,
                     "200+200!" ) )
    {
        $reason      = imagick_failedreason( $handle ) ;
        $description = imagick_faileddescription( $handle ) ;

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

    if ( !imagick_writeimage( $handle, getcwd() . "/new_image.jpg" ) )
    {
        $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" ;
?>