Re: GD woes: READ THIS

Hello, Just want to add something. I guess a lot of people are using the old GD libraries (<gd-1.6) and have a lot of scripts generating gifs, and dont have time to change all to png (like me:), but still want to have php4.0.2. So one solution is to have both sources of php4.0.0 and php4.0.2, replace ext/gd directory of the later with one from 4.0.0 source. The rest..., as in the manuals. Hope this will help somebody. -- Tigran Nazaryan "Ashley M. Kirchner" wrote: > > Ok folks, I've seen this come up several times now. I'm not sure > the answer is anywhere in any readme file, or other similar installation > guide, but it really should. And, if it already is, then people should > really learn to READ THE MANUAL. > > Problems with GD, specifically with the function > gdImageCreateFromGif() are due to the fact that starting from version > 1.6 from GD, it no longer supports GIF files. Now, IF you're getting > errors when you try to compile PHP, that means you have installed a > newer version of GD (anything higher than version 1.6). If that's the > case, then you MUST TELL php's configure script where you installed the > new library. By default, GD installs itself under /usr/local, so when > you compile php, instead of just saying --with-gd, you have to amend it > with --with-gd=/usr/local > > You should also pay attention when the configure script runs. It > tells you a lot of details when it's looking for the different pieces > that it needs. The GD specific section will look something like this: > > checking whether to include GD support... yes (static) > checking for gdImageString16 in -lgd... yes > checking for gdImagePaletteCopy in -lgd... yes > checking for gdImageColorClosestHWB in -lgd... yes > checking for compress in -lz... yes > checking for png_info_init in -lpng... yes > checking for gdImageColorResolve in -lgd... yes > checking for gdImageCreateFromPng in -lgd... yes > checking for gdImageCreateFromGif in -lgd... no <--- !!!!!!! > checking for gdImageCreateFromXbm in -lgd... yes > checking for gdImageWBMP in -lgd... yes > checking for libjpeg (needed by gd-1.8+)... yes > checking for jpeg_read_header in -ljpeg... yes > checking for gdImageCreateFromJpeg in -lgd... yes > checking for libXpm (needed by gd-1.8+)... no > configure: warning: If configure fails try --with-xpm-dir=<DIR> > checking for gdImageCreateFromXpm in -lgd... yes > > NOTE: I don't need, nor have Xpm installed, hence that last error. > > Pay attention to where it looks for gdImageCreateFromGif, notice how > it says 'no' because the version of GD that I have installed (which is > 1.8.3) doesn't support it. This will successfully shut off everything > related to the creation of GIF files within PHP, and you shouldn't get > any errors about it anymore. > > Someone please put this information somewhere that's publicly > available for everyone to read... > > AMK4 > > -- > H | Hi, I'm currently out of my mind. Please leave a message. BEEEEP! > |____________________________________________________________________ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ashley M. Kirchner <mailto:ashley@pcraft.com> . 303.442.6410 x130 > Director of Internet Operations / SysAdmin . 800.441.3873 x130 > Photo Craft Laboratories, Inc. . eFax 248.671.0909 > http://www.pcraft.com . 3550 Arapahoe Ave #6 > .................. . . . . Boulder, CO 80303, USA > > -- > PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-install-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-install-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net