// Resize the image, add a 10px white border and save as a tempory image
exec("convert $input18 -resize 220x200 -bordercolor white -border 10x10 photo1.miff");
// Rotate the tempory image and save again
exec("convert photo1.miff -background none -rotate -25 photo10.miff");

// Can be done on one line which saves time 
exec("convert $input10 -resize 220x200 -bordercolor white -border 10x10 -background none -rotate 25 photo20.miff"); 

exec("convert $input19 -resize 220x200 -bordercolor white -border 10x10 photo3.miff");
exec("convert photo3.miff -background none -rotate 20 photo30.miff"); 

exec("convert $input17 -resize 220x200 -bordercolor white -border 10x10 photo4.miff");
exec("convert photo4.miff -background none -rotate -20 photo40.miff"); 

// Generate the background combined image from the tempory images above
$cmd =" -size 700x400 xc:#262b38  photo10.miff -geometry +2+2 -composite photo40.miff -geometry +410+140 ".
" -composite photo20.miff -geometry +360+20 -composite photo30.miff -geometry +150+130 -composite ";

exec("convert $cmd composite_background.jpg");

// Delete tempory images 
foreach ( glob( "*.miff" ) as $filename ) { 
unlink( $filename );  
}