Title: WP_Image_Editor_Imagick::stream
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Image_Editor_Imagick::stream( string $mime_type = null ): true|󠀁[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/stream/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/stream/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/stream/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/stream/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/stream/?output_format=md#changelog)

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/stream/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

Streams current image to browser.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/stream/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$mime_type`stringoptional

The mime type of the image.

Default:`null`

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/stream/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 true|[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/) True
on success, [WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)
object on failure.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/stream/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function stream( $mime_type = null ) {
    	list( $filename, $extension, $mime_type ) = $this->get_output_format( null, $mime_type );

    	try {
    		// Temporarily change format for stream.
    		$this->image->setImageFormat( strtoupper( $extension ) );

    		// Output stream of image content.
    		header( "Content-Type: $mime_type" );
    		print $this->image->getImageBlob();

    		// Reset image to original format.
    		$this->image->setImageFormat( $this->get_extension( $this->mime_type ) );
    	} catch ( Exception $e ) {
    		return new WP_Error( 'image_stream_error', $e->getMessage() );
    	}

    	return true;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php#L1039)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php#L1039-L1057)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/stream/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-error.php` |

Initializes the error.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/stream/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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