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paulferrett / imagick_average_colour.php
Created December 23, 2013 14:40
This function will get the average colour of an image file using PHP and Image Magick using the IMagick extension.
<?php
/**
* Get the average pixel colour from the given file using Image Magick
*
* @param string $filename
* @param bool $as_hex Set to true, the function will return the 6 character HEX value of the colour.
* If false, an array will be returned with r, g, b components.
*/
function get_average_colour($filename, $as_hex_string = true) {