Using Command Line PHP scripts to control ImageMagick from Platypus Droplets

Packaging ImageMagick Droplets with Platypus

Download & un-zip the latest ImageMagick Mac OS X binaries.
Open Platypus.
Check ‘Is droppable’
Click the ‘Show advanced options’ disclosure triangle (if not already open).
Drop the ‘ImageMagick-6.3.5’ folder onto Platypus’ ‘Files and folders to be blundled with…’ area.
I used Command Line PHP for my scriping language. Below is an example script.
Click the ‘Create’ button.
Drop images on the resulting application.

Note - Using the ImageMagick.org binaries requires installing X11 from the OS X installation CD.

#!/usr/bin/php -q
<?php

// For Platypus droplets $argv contains:
// [0] - Absolute to the running script
// [1] - Absolute path to the droplet
// [2...n] - Absolute path to each dropped file

// Set ImageMagick environment variables relative to the running application
$escAppPath = escapeshellcmd($argv[1]);
putenv("MAGICK_HOME=$escAppPath/Contents/Resources/ImageMagick-6.3.5"); 
putenv("DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$escAppPath/Contents/Resources/ImageMagick-6.3.5/lib"); 

$mogrifyPath = "\"{$argv[1]}/Contents/Resources/ImageMagick/bin/mogrify\"";

// find the files dropped onto the Platypus app icon:
$droppedFiles = array_slice($argv,2);

foreach ($droppedFiles as $droppedFile) {
    $command = "$mogrifyPath '$droppedFile' -resize '640x480>'";
    exec($command);
}

?>

Packaging ImageMagick Droplets with Platypus

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