Installing GDlib

Anon

whats up does anyone know how to install GDlib on a windows 2000 server because i know somone that is trying to install this
but he doesnt know what to do.

if anyone can help thanks

Anon

I just tackled a similar problem.

First find out if you have this file

php_gd.dll

This will be in your extensions folder in your PHP directory.

If you do have this file, than you need to go to your php.ini.

You will need to do 2 things here.

1st.
define a path to your extensions

extension_dir=C:\PHP\EXTENSIONS

mine looks like that.

Than you need to find
;extension=php_gd.dll
and take the ; semi colan out.

save your ini and it should work.

John

Anon

ok there is a problem
what do i do if i dont have the file?

mithril

Grab the zip distribution from php.net. The Win32 installer does not have any additional modules (like php_gd.dll) included in it's package, you need the zip distro for that.

Since a normal Win32 PHP installation shows it Linux background (editting config files, manually extracting and placing file archives, etc.), the installer is designed primarily to make the setup brain dead for people coming from pure Win32 background who may not have experience with this kind of install. As such it's meant only to get you up and running so as to let you play with PHP, not to create a fully functioning installation with every extra module known to man.

geoff

Anon

Better yet, find out what version of php you are running. If you are running below 4.0.4
go here http://php.weblogs.com/easywindows/
and download the windows installer. This will upgrade your version to 4.0.4 configure it automatically for your win2k OS, and include all the necessary extensions for GD LIB.

I had to upgrade my PHP to use GD lib and now it works great.

When you install choose the advanced option and it will give you an opportunity to choose the extensions that you want php to include, it will also set your extensions directory for you.

Cheers

John

Anon

whats up i want to know if anyone can post in this thread http://zacknetwork.dns2go.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.pl?board=general&action=display&num=1001856217

to help out with this because when Zack trys to get GDlib working he says he gets some kind of error