php_gd.dll and apache on NT

Anon

Hi folks...

I'm running php 4.0.6 on Apache (windows NT). I uncomment the extension to gd libraries on php.ini, but when I try to up the http service an NT error appears.

The problem is the .dll, so who can help me to solve that problem? I need to generate graphs (bars and pie) in my web pages through php...

comments?

Greetings at all
Alexis

Anon

yes,i do have such a problem,who can help me?
thanks

Anon

make sure you set the extension dir to c:\php\extensions or wherever PHP is located. also, make sure you actually have the dll there.

Anon

of couser,if not ,when apache launch,it will be warning!
some friends have told me that the gd.dll is working all right in win9x including windowsme,but mine is win2000,why does not the gb library work in win2000?

Anon

Is there a location where I can find the steps to install gd on win2000. I may have missed a step or two.

I am running php 4.0.4pl1 on an apache server on win2000 and am having the same problem. I get an error when attempting to run this script.

<?php
$pic=ImageCreate(600,600);
$col1=ImageColorAllocate($pic,200,200,200);
$col2=ImageColorAllocate($pic,0,0,255);
ImageFilledRectangle($pic,1,1,100,100,$col2);
ImagePNG($pic,"pic.png");
ImageDestroy($pic);
?>
<img src="pic.png" border=0>
</body>

The output is this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imagecreate() in c:\program files\nusphere\apache\htdocs\gdtest.php on line 7

Anon

I am running Apache 1.3.20, PHP 4.0.6 as an Apache module with the php_gd.dll extension loaded on Win2K SP2.

I tried your example and got a large grey box with a small blue box in the upper left corner.

From your error message, I can see that you are using a NuSpehere distribution. I would suggest scrapping that and downloading Apache 1.3.20 from the Apache Software Foundation, and PHP 4.06 from PHP.

Apache:
http://httpd.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32/apache_1.3.20-win32-no_src-r2.msi

PHP4:
http://www.php.net/do_download.php?download_file=php-4.0.6-Win32.zip&source_site=www.php.net

The Apache distro is a self-installer, but for PHP, you simply unzip it and follow the direction in the install.txt file.

You will have to edit configuration files manually, but you should be comfortable doing this, anyway.

It is INSANELY easy to get the php4apache module working. All you need to do is open the httpd.conf file and look for the following lines:

And for PHP 4.x, use:

#
#AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
#AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

Un-Comment the two AddType lines (remove the hash from in front of them). Then, add the following line ABOVE the AddType lines:

LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll

Now, edit your php.ini file to your liking and restart Apache.

This is how I did my installation, and it works fine. Hope this helps!