Try this:
<?php
//This function prints a text array as an html list.
function alist ($array) {
$alist = "<ul>";
for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($array); $i++) {
$alist .= "<li>$array[$i]";
}
$alist .= "</ul>";
return $alist;
}
//Try to get ImageMagick "convert" program version number.
exec("convert -version", $out, $rcode);
//Print the return code: 0 if OK, nonzero if error.
echo "Version return code is $rcode <br>";
//Print the output of "convert -version"
echo alist($out);
?>