installing GD for php

[pixelsoul]

Why does it seem to be difficult to install GD for PHP? I have tried and just
can not seem to figure it out! does any one know where I can get some better
directions to do it then the ones on their site? I want to use this PHP
photogallery and it uses GD for the thumbnails.

Too bad they just don't make it part of PHP when you install it.

Thanks for the help if any one has some ;-)

[pixelsoul]

Why does it seem to be difficult to install GD for PHP? I have tried and just
can not seem to figure it out! does any one know where I can get some better
directions to do it then the ones on their site? I want to use this PHP
photogallery and it uses GD for the thumbnails.

Too bad they just don't make it part of PHP when you install it.

Thanks for the help if any one has some ;-)

[pixelsoul]

sorry accidently submited this twice

[Alexandro Colorado]

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:10:52 +0000 (UTC), pixelsoul
<webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote:

> Why does it seem to be difficult to install GD for PHP? I have tried and
> just
> can not seem to figure it out! does any one know where I can get some
> better
> directions to do it then the ones on their site? I want to use this PHP
> photogallery and it uses GD for the thumbnails.
>
> Too bad they just don't make it part of PHP when you install it.
>
> Thanks for the help if any one has some ;-)
>

Which OS are you running, on linux is rather simple just compile the
latest and add to the extension, then go to php.ini and update the list
pointing to the library.



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[Alexandro Colorado]

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:10:57 +0000 (UTC), pixelsoul
<webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote:

> Too bad they just don't make it part of PHP when you install it.

Actually they do, most php full packages contain GD Libraries as an
extension. For example if you download a bundle install like
appservnetwork.net (for windows) you would have under extensions all
modules including gdlibrary.

Also for linux you might want to visit friendsofapache.com which also lets
you install Apache-MySQL-PHP on the same installation process and usually
include the extensions.

This article even talk about php with XML XSLT support bundled into your
instalation:
[url]http://blog.bitflux.ch/archive/download_apache_php_sablotron_libxml_gd_in_one_nea t_package.html[/url]
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[David Powers]

pixelsoul wrote:

> Why does it seem to be difficult to install GD for PHP?

GD is normally enabled by default in PHP installations on hosting
companies. If you are running PHP on Windows, you need to enable GD in
php.ini. Locate the following line:

;extension=php_gd2.dll

Remove the semicolon from the beginning. Save php.ini, and restart your
web server (Apache or IIS).

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Author, "Foundation PHP 5 for Flash" (friends of ED)
Co-author "PHP Web Development with DW MX 2004" (Apress)
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[pixelsoul]

I have tried uncommenting extension=php_gd2.dll in php.ini and I got an error:

unknown(): Unable to load dynamic library'./php_gd2.dll' - The specified
module could not be found.

I thought I would get a more current version of GD so I installed 4.3.10 and
same problem.

I do not know where the php_gd2.dll is.

Any ideas what that error is from?

Thanks for the help by the way :)

[Master Ruthless]

Thats easily remedied by doing the following:

Open your php.ini file.

search for:
; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
extension_dir = "./"

Once found change variable to look like so:
extension_dir = "./ext"

Make sure that you uncommented the extension extension=php_gd2.dll and restart
your web server. You should be good to go then.

by changing the loadable extensions directory to ./ext you will be able to
uncomment any other extensions listed in the php.ini file due to the fact any
extra nondefault extensions are stored there when using the installer.

[pixelsoul]

I tried that and now I get same error except with different file path:

unknown(): Unable to load dynamic library'./ext\php_gd2.dll' - The specified
module could not be found.

when I installed I used the php installed for windows from php.net
I noticed it saying something about extensions not included. Could I install
version 4.3.10 with out the GD extension?

I did download php_gd2.dll from another site hoping that it was all I needed
and I dropped it in php root directory but I had already changed the file path
for extensions and it still did not work.

[Master Ruthless]

You might want to look into the .zip package that contains more extensions plus the one your looking for.

[Alexandro Colorado]

usually is under /php/extensions/php_gd2.dll
you can download from here:
[url]http://www.boutell.com/gd/faq.html[/url]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 04:22:50 +0000 (UTC), pixelsoul
<webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote:

> I have tried uncommenting extension=php_gd2.dll in php.ini and I got an
> error:
>
> unknown(): Unable to load dynamic library'./php_gd2.dll' - The specified
> module could not be found.
>
> I thought I would get a more current version of GD so I installed
> 4.3.10 and
> same problem.
>
> I do not know where the php_gd2.dll is.
>
> Any ideas what that error is from?
>
> Thanks for the help by the way :)
>

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Support Engineer
InterAKT Online
[url]http://www.interaktonline.com[/url]
Tel: 40(21) 312.5312

[David Powers]

Master Ruthless wrote:

> Once found change variable to look like so:
> extension_dir = "./ext"

That won't work on Windows. Assuming that PHP has been installed in
C:\php, it needs to be changed to:

extension_dir = "C:\php\ext"

That's the correct path for PHP 5. If I remember correctly, extensions
in PHP 4 are in a folder called extensions. So, in the case of PHP 4, it
would be:

extension_dir = "C:\php\extensions"

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David Powers
Author, "Foundation PHP 5 for Flash" (friends of ED)
Co-author "PHP Web Development with DW MX 2004" (Apress)
[url]http://computerbookshelf.com[/url]