GD support for PHP

cdm

Hello all,

I'm trying to find where my base directory is for PHP so I can configure GD library support for PHP but can't find where it is. I installed PHP (v 5.1.2) months ago, I think as a module, but can't seem to find where it is on my Linux system (fc4).

Any help would be cool.

Thanks.

DeadlySin3

Did you install it manually or use a system like apt-get?

Try typing into a command line:

whereis php5

common install dirs might be a good place to look. /usr/local/php

I don't know how helpful this post was but I hope it helped if even only a little.

cdm

deadly,

did as you suggested - nothing though. It's weird - i don't think I blew the directory away. Maybe I should re-install php 5.1.2 ? I just want some gd with my php.

DeadlySin3

Well I would hope that you didn't blow the directory away, heh. Though, i've come close to lighting a nasty little fuse on my system... rm -rf /

I was really upset with my system that day.

Regardless, the lastest versions PHP come with GD library bundled.

On my Debian Linux system, I installed PHP4 using "apt-get" as a package manager
PHP is located here on my system:

user@localhost:~$ whereis php
/usr/bin/php
user@localhost:~$ whereis php4
/usr/bin/php4

Then to install GD

user@localhost:~$ apt-cache search php4-gd
php4-gd - GD module for php4

user@localhost:~$ apt-get install php4-gd

and voila.

You may want to reinstall php on your system if you can't find it. If you can, it's better to do a manual installation rather than using a package manager to install for you as you can configure to your needs and wants.

On my WinXP system, I installed php5 as a server module and to get GD working with it, all I had to do was edit my php.ini file. I thought that was just grand!

cdm

The thing is is I've got php5.1.2 now and it's working. It's getting loaded as a module within httpd.conf but I don't know how. If i put the "load module" directive in the conf file and start httpd it says it's already loaded and skips loading the second one. I'm not getting something here. And finally - I just want GD support for the existing php install but just don't know how to do this. I fear installing a new install of PHP since my apps seem to be running fine as it is but for the GD stuff.

Thanks for the help.