GD library

Anon

Hello,

I cannot get GD library working...
Can someone tell me from the start, how I install it? I have php 4.0.2 or something, so I think it have to work even!

//Ulrik Q K

Anon

i am working on the same stuff at the
moment, and it looks like it's on a good way;

download the gd-lib @ www.boutell.com/gd/
gd-lib requires two other packages;

for the compression:
zlib, downloadable @
http://www.info- zip.org/pub/infozip/zlib/

to work with png;
libpng, downloadable @
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/

to work with jpg;
jpeg-6b available at ftp://ftp.uu.net/
graphics/jpeg/

to add Fonts;
freetype2 (for Type1-fonts)
http://freetype.sourceforge.net/

gd version < 1.6 supports gif and jpg,
version gd > 1.6 supports png + jpg but no
jpg's!

i hope this would help to start

greets
c

Anon

thanks!

mika_

to add Fonts;
freetype2 (for Type1-fonts)
http://freetype.sourceforge.net/

i compiled php-4.0.6 with gd-1.8.4 and freetype2 support (NOT freetype 1.x)... seems to work all fine.

phpinfo() shows the following lines in the gd-settings:

GD Version 1.6.2 or higher
FreeType Support enabled
FreeType Linkage with freetype

i didn't set the --enable-gd-native-ttf option (well i set i once, but it is set to no by ./configure anyway).

when i try to use the imagettftext function, the image returned is just empty.

btw. how to use Type 1 fonts with freetype2 (not T1lib)?

thanks a lot
mika