Re: Detecting GD version

Been there. The function still exists in GD < 2.0. Thats why it produces such a specific error message. Otherwise it would say function doesn't exist. Thanks for you input anyways. Cheers, Owen Prime http://www.noggin.com.au Andrew Brampton wrote: > try function_exists('imagecopyresampled'); > > otherwise I'm sure there has to be some function that returns versions of > libs. > > Andrew > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Owen Prime" <owen@noggin.com.au> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 1:37 AM > Subject: [PHP] Detecting GD version > > >> Has anyone got any better ideas about how to detect what version of GD is >> running other than the following. The reason I ask is that I want to use >> imagecopyresampled() only if available ie. GD >= v2.0. >> >> OPTION 1. >> Parse phpinfo() output for the GD version info. Expensive. >> >> OPTION 2. >> Run imagecopyresampled() suppressing errors and then check the error msg. >> ie: >> @imagecopyresampled(); >> if ($php_errormsg != "imagecopyresampled(): requires GD 2.0 or later") >> // GD >= v2.0 >> } else { >> // GD < v2.0 >> } >> >> Option 2 is the best I can come up with at the moment.... luckily the >> "requires GD 2.0" error message is triggered before the argument > validation >> errors. >> >> Anyone got a better idea? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Owen Prime >> http://www.noggin.com.au >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >>