[RESOLVED] Problems With GD Library install

shadowlesss

I have installed php 5.x on my Windows 2003 server and I can not seem to get the GD Library configured.

I went into my php.ini file and took the ; off of extension=php_gd2.dll and then changed the path in the dir to extension_dir = D:\php\ext\

When I run my test page I don't see a table of GD info table.

What have I done wrong?

Thanks!

bradgrafelman

Hmm... does the php_gd2.dll file exist in D:\php\ext\ ?

shadowlesss

bradgrafelman wrote:
Hmm... does the php_gd2.dll file exist in D:\php\ext\ ?

Yes it sure does..this is the default location for this file when unzipped so I just changed the extension_dir to point to this location. I have everything on my d drive not my c drive.

bradgrafelman

And where did you place the php.ini file? When you do a phpinfo(), does the "Configuration File (php.ini) Path" show this location?

shadowlesss

bradgrafelman wrote:
And where did you place the php.ini file? When you do a phpinfo(), does the "Configuration File (php.ini) Path" show this location?

The php.ini file is located on d: (d:\php\php.ini) . When I run the test it shows

Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS

If this is causing a problem then it is wierd because I have php scripts that are working just fine. I do not have any other php.ini files on the system other than the one located at d:\php\php.ini.

More info

PATH_TRANSLATED d:\inetpub\wwwroot\test.php

APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH d:\inetpub\wwwroot\

bradgrafelman

Ah, now we're getting somewhere.

It's just as I expected; your php.ini is not in a directory listed in the PATH system environment variable, so PHP sets all configuration directives to their defaults (and, for whatever reason, claims to be using c:\WINDOWS as the config file path). You can do two things about this:

Add D:\php\ to the PATH environment variable (recommended), or
Move your php.ini file to a directory that is in the PATH variable, such as C:\WINDOWS

shadowlesss

Ok I am not sure what the problem is then because I added this path when I was setting up php on the server here is the path..do I not have it entered right? Also why does my other scripts work?

D:\PHP;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\BINN

bradgrafelman

Which webserver are you using?

EDIT: In re: "Also why does my other scripts work?" -- why wouldn't they work? Nothing is stopping them from working...

Also, did you reboot the computer after making the changes to the PATH variable, as described here ?

Also, how did you install PHP? As a module, or CGI binary?

shadowlesss

bradgrafelman wrote:
Which webserver are you using?

EDIT: In re: "Also why does my other scripts work?" -- why wouldn't they work? Nothing is stopping them from working...

Also, did you reboot the computer after making the changes to the PATH variable, as described here ?

Also, how did you install PHP? As a module, or CGI binary?

This is my web server on a windows 2003 / AD 2003 domain and yes I rebooted the machine after making this change. I installed it manually..I unzipped and I am pretty sure that I installed it as cgi binary. I just rebooted the server again and still not showing the correct path.

shadowlesss

I pasted a copy of the php.ini file at C:\Windows but when I run the test again I still don't see the GD table

bradgrafelman

If you moved the php.ini file into the Windows directory, and it's still not loading the GD library... I'm stuck as to what to suggest next. Sorry 🙁

EDIT: Looks like the problem is that PHP is still not parsing the php.ini file. In your phpinfo() output, it's still showing c:\php5 as the extension_dir.

Since you believe you installed PHP as a CGI binary, try setting another environment variable called "PHPRC" that points to the PHP directory where your php.ini file is located... namely D:\PHP . (For more information, see this FAQ entry)

shadowlesss

bradgrafelman wrote:
Since you believe you installed PHP as a CGI binary, try setting another environment variable called "PHPRC" that points to the PHP directory where your php.ini file is located... namely D:\PHP . (For more information, see this FAQ entry)

That was it...I did not see this configuration step before. Once I made this change and rebooted everything worked!

Thank you for taking the time to help me out it is very appreciated!

bradgrafelman

shadowlesss wrote:
Thank you for taking the time to help me out it is very appreciated!

'Tis why I come here 😉

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