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 😃

    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.

      a month later

      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]
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