[Resolved] Can`t enable gd library

Potbelly

xp pro, php 4.3.7, apache 2.0.50(win32)

I have been trying for hours to enable gd library. found many threads on here about it.
This is the part of my php.ini file that i have changed.

; UNIX: "/path1:/path2"

;include_path = ".:/php/includes"
;
;Windows: "\path1;\path2"
;include_path = ".:c:\php\includes"

; The root of the PHP pages, used only if nonempty.
; if PHP was not compiled with FORCE_REDIRECT, you SHOULD set doc_root
; if you are running php as a CGI under any web server (other than IIS)
; see documentation for security issues. The alternate is to use the
; cgi.force_redirect configuration below
doc_root = "c:\web"

; The directory under which PHP opens the script using /~username used only
; if nonempty.
user_dir =

; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
extension_dir = "c:\php\extensions"

I have also unchecked the .dll (see below)

;extension=php_filepro.dll
extension=php_gd2.dll
;extension=php_gettext.dll

And checked that the .dll file does exist in the extensions folder.

i have re-booted after each change but i cant get it to enable.
What am i missing/doing wrong please?

Thank you
Potbelly.

TheDefender

Double check your cases... in the php.ini file this:

c:\php\extensions

is not the same as this:

c:\PHP\Extensions

I found that one out the hard way, when I realized I named my folder PHP and not php... If that's not it, then give more details as to how you discovered that it wasn't working... (ie, what kind of errors are you getting?)

Potbelly

Double checked case and spelling.

The test code i am using is this.
The error follows the code

<?php
   header("Content-type: image/png");
   $string = $_GET['text'];
   $im     = imagecreatefrompng("Images/pin.png");
   $orange = imagecolorallocate($im, 220, 210, 60);
   $px     = (imagesx($im) - 7.5 * strlen($string)) / 2;
   imagestring($im, 3, $px, 9, $string, $orange);
   imagepng($im);
   imagedestroy($im);
?>

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imagecreatefrompng() in C:\web\Free_Listing\maptest1.php on line 4

tsinka

Hi,

what do you get if you create a script that just contains

phpinfo();

There should be a section about gd support if the gd extension is active.

Where did you copy php.ini to (system32/system) ?

Thomas

Potbelly

Thank you for the reply.

There is no section for gd support showing.

php.ini is copied to c:\php.ini

should it be in system32/system?

tsinka

No,

it should be in WINNT or WINDOWS or whatever your windows directory is. If you look at the output of phpinfo you'll see the expected path to php.ini near the top of the output.

Thomas

Potbelly

Thank you very much.

I now have gd enabled.
I`m off now to learn about creating images on the fly.

Best wishes
Potbelly.

rachel2004

Potbelly, could you share with the audience what you did? At least two people from different continents volunteered their time to help you... in case someone else has this problem, it would be helpful to an individual to read this thread and know what you ended up doing. Thank you.