Re: PNG and GD-lib trouble

> I am running PHP 4 Release Candidate 2 with Apache 1.3.9 on a RedHat > 6.1 box. I have started playing with the image functions: I have > createde a small PHP script that takes a GIF file, crops it and > outputs it directly to the browser (using the header()-function to > tell the browser, that a GIF is coming up). Now, I'm not a GIF fan, so > I would like to output it as a PNG. It doesn't work however. I get the > following error: > > Warning: ImagePng: No PNG support in this PHP build in > /www/htdocs/gp.php on line 9 > > phpinfo() tells me, that GD is support is enabled, and that my GD > version is "between 1.3 and 1.6.1"! Furthermore it says that GIF > support is enabled. > > I thought (have read on the net) that PNG support was built into newer > PHP versions. Is this true, or do I have to obtain a newer version of > GD lib and recompile to use imagepng()? And if I do, will I loose > things like imagecreatefromgif()? > > Help me promoting PNG, people! Grab the latest version of GD 1.8.x, rm config.cache and re-configure/re-build PHP and it should work. -Rasmus