Re: imagecreatefromgif

On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 05:56, Chris wrote: > The version of php that I use states that Gif Support is enabled. And > in fact I am > able to create and display gif images. However when it comes to > creating an image > from a file the imagecreatefromgif function doesn't seem to work. I'll > qualify doesn't > work to mean a broken image icon is displayed when I try to use this > function. I > don't know of a way to display error messages yet. > > Also there are no other graphic formats supported in the gd section of > my phpinfo() > report so I am assuming jpeg, wbmp and png can't be used. > > I've read many posts and am aware of the problems with gif support, > regarding the fact that gif isn't supported in certain versions of php. > > Since I have been able to create gifs using imagecreate() I'm a little > puzzled about > using imagecreatefromgif() > > I also found in the posts the idea of using the fread() function which > works well to > display my gif. Unfortunately what I want to do is annotate the gif > before I display it. > > Any comments welcome. > Chris Try outputting the result direct to your browser, without anything in the way to define it as an image - that way you may get to see the error. -- David Robley Techno-JoaT, Web Maintainer, Mail List Admin, etc CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES Flinders University, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Where there's a whip there's a way.