Gd2 library and PHP 4.4.2

dimitris_s

Hi to all of you.

The past 2 days I'm trying to install gd2 library but I was unfortunate.

I'm using Apache 2.0.55, PHP 4.4.2, MySQL 4.0.1.8, and win xp pro sp2.

Apache is up and running and php is installed correctly as mySQL too.

I edited the php.ini file from c:\php and removed the comment in front of the "extension=gd2lib....dll", but it still doesn't work. I tried to install php 5.1.2 but it couldn't connect to mySQL because it said that mysql extension was unavailable.

Forget that. How can I install GD2 library in my versions specification.?

Thanks in advance.

edit: I found something in here that i tried to do before...

To enable GD-support configure PHP --with-gd[=DIR], where DIR is the GD base install directory. To use the recommended bundled version of the GD library (which was first bundled in PHP 4.3.0), use the configure option --with-gd. GD library requires libpng and libjpeg to compile.

In Windows, you'll include the GD2 DLL php_gd2.dll as an extension in php.ini. The GD1 DLL php_gd.dll was removed in PHP 4.3.2. Also note that the preferred truecolor image functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor(), require GD2.

Note: To enable exif support in Windows, php_mbstring.dll must be loaded prior to php_exif.dll in php.ini.

To disable GD support in PHP 3 add --without-gd to your configure line.

Enhance the capabilities of GD to handle more image formats by specifying the --with-XXXX configure switch to your PHP configure line.

Where do I write the --with-gd[=DIR]?? where is the configure line?
And my gd lib install directory is c:\php\extensions\ ???

help guys!

dimitris_s

I made a search through the site and found some relevant topics about gd but nothing helped...

Help me in this guys...

Houdini

Depending on your install of apache there is possibly a copy that apache uses in the apache/bin folder. Do a search for php.ini and see if you only get one, removing the ; semicolon should work, but remember that you have to restart your apache for it to see the change, just like when you install a new program in Windows you need to restart with most programs. If you find more than one php. ini edit them all to be sure that apache can find it.

dimitris_s

Thank you veru much for the response Houdini.

Ok, I found 2 php.ini's and I manually copied one in the apache/bin dir as u said.
A php.ini also exists in c:\windows

Now what's the problem. :

;extension=php_filepro.dll
extension=php_gd2.dll

I installed PHP 5.0. Now when I try to start Apache it says that it can't find the extension php_gd2.dll.

To be sure I copied php_gd2.dll in c:\php[root] in c:\php\ext in apache's root dir and in apache's bin dir. Also i copied it in c:\windows. Nothing at all. It says it can't find the php_gd2.dll

[it appears that php_gd2.dll, also exists in php-4.4.2-Win32/extensions, although I don't have a file like that in my system.]

What could be wrong? Where should I place the php_gd2.dll?

edit: I made also a test file . a grid.php

<?php
header("Content-type: image/png");
$im = @imagecreate(500, 200)
or die("Cannot Initialize new GD image stream");
$background_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
$text_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 233, 14, 91);
imagestring($im, 1, 5, 5, "A Simple Text String", $text_color);
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>

and I get a picture[?] with a black frame, white inside with red letters.

This confirms that gd2 is installed? in phpinfo() says that gd_library is shared.

Also look at that:

In my php.ini file says this:

; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
extension_dir = "./"

My extensions dir is named ext in c:\php. What should I write in the extension dir?

EDIT !!! IT WORKS..it works!!! 😃 😃

gd
GD Support enabled
GD Version bundled (2.0.23 compatible)
FreeType Support enabled
FreeType Linkage with freetype
FreeType Version 2.1.5
GIF Read Support enabled
JPG Support enabled
PNG Support enabled
WBMP Support enabled
XBM Support enabled

Νow I'll try to figure out what did I do and worked so I should now in the future...
Thanks Houdini for the support.

Houdini

PHP comes with about 10 subfolders and in the root of the php folder is where the executable and a default and recommended php.ini file are. The subfolders you should see in php are browscap, dev, eaccelerator, ext, extensions,, extras, libs, pear,and zend optimizer. I point to the ext directory but looking in the extensions directory they have the sam names the dlls that is but not looking at the actual files I do not know if they are the same, but have always used the php/ext. Depending on how your apache was set up will depend on where apache looks for the php.ini file, with the way mine is set up apache just looks in its own bin directory to find it, but I have had a set up where it was placed in WWINDOW/system or system32 I can't remember, but I think just to be sure I put it in both.