Re: Why doesn't PHP have built-in support for dynamic image generation?

Hi guys, I think his original question was how to install GD!!!!! It's not a big deal! - Install PHP > 4.06 - edit the php.ini -> delete the comment tags from the gd import module - restart your server if it is running not as a CGI extension Thats it!!! For gd2 support take care in PHP4.1.1 there are 2 gdmodules gd1 and gd2 Hope this helps, Andy "Christian Stocker" <chregu@php.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:pan.2002.02.03.21.35.57.796679.17882@php.net... > In <3C5D9A4C.1060401@tapinternet.com>, Michael Kimsal wrote: > > > > >>>Someone seems to have started this, although I'm not sure why he's not > >>>going more object-based. > >>> > >>> > >>>http://pear.php.net/manual/en/packages.imagick.php > >>> > >>>I would prefer something like > >>> > >>>$i = new Imagick(); > >>>$i->read("file"); > >>> > >>>instead of > >>>$i= imagick_create(); > >>>imagick_read($i,"file"); > >>> > >>> > >> it's open source. just do it more object orientated ... and i'm sure > >> the author (me...) will be very happy to impelement it ;) > >> > >> honestly, OO-Interface was and still is planned, but i think more > >> functionality is much more needed at the moment than an oo interface. > >> it was my first extension, so i wanted to keep it simple for the > >> beginning. > >> > >> but if someone else likes to implement it earlier, i'm the last, who > >> has a problem with that (and don't expect 00 soon from me ...) > >> > >> chregu > >> > >> > >> > > Hello - > > > > Please don't take my comment the wrong way - I know what I'd *like* to > > no, didn't take it the wrong way. maybe my answer was a bit to harsh ;) > > > see (which is how I labelled it above) and what I'm capable of actually > > contributing. > > Doing C-code PHP extensions is beyond my capabilities, so I make do with > > what others contribute. Simply because something is opensource doesn't > > mean everyone has equal talent to add in actual code. :( > > I thank you for your contribution of this code so far, and should you > > continue to work on it in whatever fashion you choose, so much the > > better. It is appreciated, OO or not (it would just be appreciated more > > if it was OO.) :) > > i would it appreciate as well, if it was OO. I was just not capable back > then to do it OO, maybe i am the next time I invest more time in it. > > christian "Erica Douglass" <corky6921@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:20020203072258.14438.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Forgive my grumpiness, but I've spent the last several hours trying to > install GD, etc. > > Let's be honest. PHP needs built-in support for creating dynamic images. JSP > already has this. Heck, you could even make it a configure option. As it > stands now, you have to do the following: > > -- Install GD > -- Install all of GD's numerous dependencies > -- Install zlib > -- Install freetype > -- Install libttf > > THEN you have to compile PHP with all of the requisite options to enable GD > here and Freetype there, and PHP often won't compile without specifying > /path/to/various/options, so you have to dig around your system to find out > where everything was installed. This results in a long and unwieldy > configure statement which often does not work. > > PHP needs to have a simple configure option called --enable-dynamic-images > or something similar. This should use built-in libraries that are downloaded > with the PHP source to create PNG images. Images can then be created with > standard PHP functions. This would be much more useful than relying on > several third-party solutions which do not easily work with each other. This > would also have the benefit of being more portable -- as I plan to release > my code to several different people running different types of servers, I > would like to minimize compatibility issues. > > If anyone has a better solution, feel free to email me. As it stands, I am > very frustrated with this, and I haven't yet seen the light at the end of > the tunnel. > > Thanks, > Erica > >