Can I use "extension=php_gd.dll" instead of compiling GD ?

jrotor

Hi,

My environment is :
PHP 4.2.3(latest one)
Windows 2000 Prof.

I want to create thumbnails and resize uploaded images, and
I need GD. My question is Do I have to download GD and compile? OR just use "extension=php_gd.dll" in php.ini ?
I uncommented "extension=php_gd.dll" in php.ini, tried "getimagesize" function and it works, but a function like "imageGIF" doesn't work.

Thank you,

Jake.

jerdo

You now have GD enabled, but I don't believe it does anything with GIFs in recent versions. I know it won't create them for the last couple of versions anyhow.

coditoergosum

GD stopped working with Gifs a while ago for licensing concerns. It now uses .png in place of gifs (which are actually better than gifs).

By the way, the php_gd.dll gives you GD 1.6.x, if you use php_gd2.dll you get GD 2.x which gives you a few more/newer functions to use.

jrotor

I see, GD doesn't support GIF anymore.
I'm glad that I dont have to compile in the GD, but
simply use extensions.
Thanks very much guys !!!

Jake.