Re: PHP Install with image and PDF support

If you install the rpms you just have to use --with-gd --with-ttf --with-pdflib On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Chris Nagele wrote: > I am in the process of installing PHP, APACHE, and MySQL on my laptop using > Redhat 7.0. I want to configure PHP to support image creation with freetype > (truetype fonts) and also PDF creation. I know that redhat comes with th GD > library but i do not know what directory it is in for the configure script. > When i read the documentation for the pdflib it explained that i needed the > JPEG and PNG librarys. I thought these were already installed through GD. > Do i have to install them also? Finally, when configuring PHP for the > freetype support do i need to include the freetype source directory or the > binary install directory? > > I am using the latest version of php (PHP 4.0.3pl1 ). Below are the > resources I used for help and downloads. > > GD: http://www.boutell.com/gd/ > Freetype: http://www.freetype.org > PDFLib: http://www.pdflib.org > PHP config options: > > http://www.php.net/manual/install.configure.php#install.configure.graphics > > > > The following is from the PHP configuration support page. I am not sure > what directories to use for these options. Also, what is the difference > between the two freetype options? > > ---------------- PHP SUPPORT PAGE---------------------- > > --enable-freetype-4bit-antialias-hack > PHP 4: Include support for FreeType2 (experimental). > > --with-gd[=DIR] > PHP 4: Include GD support (DIR is GD's install dir). Set DIR to shared to > build as a dl, or shared,DIR to build as a dl and still specify DIR. > > --with-jpeg-dir[=DIR] > PHP 4: jpeg dir for pdflib 3.x > > --with-png-dir[=DIR] > PHP 4: png dir for pdflib 3.x > > --with-tiff-dir[=DIR] > PHP 4: tiff dir for pdflib 3.x > > --with-ttf[=DIR] > PHP 3, PHP 4: Include FreeType support > > -------------END PHP SUPPORT PAGE---------------------- > > > > > Thanks in advanced for any help. > > Chris Nagele > > >