Returns the image as a string.

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# Imagick::__toString

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Imagick::__toString — Returns the image as a string.

### Description

string Imagick::__toString ( void )

Returns the current image as string. This will only return a single image; it should not be used for Imagick objects that contain multiple images e.g. an animated GIF or PDF with multiple pages.

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

Returns the string content on success or an empty string on failure.

### See Also

- Imagick::getImageBlob() - Returns the image sequence as a blob
- Imagick::getImagesBlob() - Returns all image sequences as a blob

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