# Imagick::swirlImage

(PECL imagick 2.0.0)

Imagick::swirlImage — Swirls the pixels about the center of the image

### Description

Imagick::swirlImage ( float `$degrees` ) : bool

Swirls the pixels about the center of the image, where degrees indicates the sweep of the arc through which each pixel is moved. You get a more dramatic effect as the degrees move from 1 to 360.

### Parameters

`degrees`

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success.

### Errors/Exceptions

Throws ImagickException on error.

### Examples

Example #1 Imagick::swirlImage()

`<?php
function swirlImage($imagePath, $swirl) {
$imagick = new \Imagick(realpath($imagePath));
$imagick->swirlImage($swirl);
header("Content-Type: image/jpg");
echo $imagick->getImageBlob();
}
?>`