where get php_gd_gif.dll for php4.0.6

kekirk

where can I get php_gd_gif.dll for php4.0.6?
can somebody tell me?
As the php_gd.dll of php4.0.6 don't support gif,I want to get the php_gd_gif.dll for php4.0.6 to support gif.
thank u a lot!

mithril

kekirk,

It's just not gonna happen for you my friend🙂 Seriously, as of GD 1.6.2 GIF images are no longer supported. I'm not sure if even PHP 4.0.0 supported gif though GD.

Basically, UniSys own's the patent rights to the LZW compression alogrithym used in producing gif images. A while back they decided to charging license royalities to all
image programs (ie. Photoshop, Paintshop, etc.) which support gif compression. GD is obviously an open source project and decided that was unacceptible. Thus, GD
now supports JPEG and PNG. PNG's work just as well as gif and are often smaller. To get GIF support you're going to need to obtain a copy of the curent PHP source
tree, the pre-1.6.2 GD source tree, hack 'em together, and compile it yourself using MS's Visual Studio. Don't forget to contact UniSys and ask about some licensing🙂

Best of luck,

Cheers,

Geoff A. Virgo

nilesh

hi,
do work with png images (the concept is hard, but well kekirk.gif and kekirk.png are two different image formats).
png graphics are displayed by most of the browsers, are smaller in size and easy to code with the php-gd functions..

i was planning on using gif, but changed my app to png..

cheers
nilesh

kekirk

thanks a lot my friends for your help.
I'm just programming a code which support user upload and zoomview of img.
As gif is widely used,I certainly want my code to support gif.
Now obviously I have to change my mind :-)

cheers

yours kirk

kekirk wrote:

Anon

find this http://phplens.com/dl/php_gd_404.zip