Imagick::chopImage

Removes a region of an image and trims

&reftitle.description; public `bool` `Imagick::chopImage` `int` `width` `int` `height` `int` `x` `int` `y`

Removes a region of an image and collapses the image to occupy the removed portion.

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`width`

- Width of the chopped area

`height`

- Height of the chopped area

`x`

- X origo of the chopped area

`y`

- Y origo of the chopped area

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### Using `Imagick::chopImage`:

Example of using Imagick::chopImage

    <?php
    /* Create some objects */
    $image = new Imagick();
    $pixel = new ImagickPixel( 'gray' );

    /* New image */
    $image->newImage(400, 200, $pixel);

    /* Chop image */
    $image->chopImage(200, 200, 0, 0);

    /* Give image a format */
    $image->setImageFormat('png');

    /* Output the image with headers */
    header('Content-type: image/png');
    echo $image;

    ?>

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- `Imagick::cropImage`