using PHP to make graphics

thetarget

hey,

i want to make graphics using php scripts. I heard it is possible with GD programming or something like that. I tried reading that up but still don't catch a glimse of what is it talking about.

I'm hosting my server on my Windows XP Professional, Abyss Web Server. PHP version 5.1.4.

I went to GD website and it says that the Windows DLL library is "not for PHP"(this is the part where i'm most confused) 😕

Could you guys guide me along to my first graphics?

Thanks 😃

rincewind456

Well the first thing to do is to see if your webhost has GD enabled, run this code

<?php
echo '<pre>';
var_dump(gd_info());
echo '</pre>';
?>

and if you have GD support then you will get a page display like this

array(12) {
  ["GD Version"]=>
  string(27) "bundled (2.0.28 compatible)"
  ["FreeType Support"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["FreeType Linkage"]=>
  string(13) "with freetype"
  ["T1Lib Support"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["GIF Read Support"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["GIF Create Support"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["JPG Support"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["PNG Support"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["WBMP Support"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["XPM Support"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["XBM Support"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["JIS-mapped Japanese Font Support"]=>
  bool(false)
}

After that Google for GD tutorials there's loads our there.

Suntin

an if statement with no else :eek:

what happens when it returns:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function gd_info() in D:\WWW\scripts\image.php on line 4

rincewind456 wrote:
Well the first thing to do is to see if your webhost has GD enabled, run this code
<?php
echo '<pre>';
var_dump(gd_info());
echo '</pre>';
?>
and if you have GD support then you will get a page display like this
After that Google for [url=http://www.google.com/search?rls=en&q=GD+tutorials&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8]GD tutorials[/url] there's loads our there.[/QUOTE]

Suntin

found my answer here:
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10331967&highlight=gd+library

I went through this same problem a few years ago :-)

Download the php4 zip package, not the installer from: http://www.php.net/downloads.php

Just extract the ones you need. Don't overwrite your existing installation though.