Win32 Snapshot contains bundled libgd 2.0.1

The latest Win32 developer snapshots contain the bundled gd library in php_gd2.dll. Normally the snapshots are available from php.net [1] but it seems that the zip file has some problems, try if from Edin's site [2] first. The bundled library is linked against libpng, libjpg and freetype2. Idially, there shouldn't be any difference between prior version. Problems with font loading have been adressed. By default, the font is tried to be loaded from c:\\winnt\fonts , if you need to load them from another path you have to modify the environment variable GDFONTPATH, e.g. <?php // loading the dll putenv("GDFONTPATH=y:\\myfonts"); [...] ?> The GDFONTPATH is in fact a list of paths, separted by the ';' character on Win32 platforms (':' on unix): <?php // loading the dll putenv("GDFONTPATH=y:\\myfonts;c:\\winnt\fonts"); [...] ?> The above examples first tries to find the font in y:\myfonts and if not found tries to fint it in c:\winnt\fonts . If you've installed your Win32 system on another drive or have not installed it in c:\winnt , the default path will not work and you will have to set GDFONTPATH regardless. If you still have problems finding the correct font file, try the strace utility for Win32 [3] which can help you identify why your file can't be found. You only have to name the font by it's filename WITHOUT the trailing '.ttf'. This is automatically appended when trying to find the file! Also note, when you use the explorer to browse your c:\winnt\fonts (or similar) directory, it is not the 'Fontname' you need to pass to the PHP functions but the 'Filename' which can differ: Arial -> ARIAL.TTF but Avant Garde Medium Oblique BT -> AVGARDMI.TTF ps: if someone knows some kind of complex gd scripts which don't depend on a database for testing I'ld like to know :-) happy testing, - Markus [1] http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip [2] http://ftp.proventum.net/pub/php/win32-snapshots/php4-win32-latest.zip [3] http://razor.bindview.com/tools/desc/strace_readme.html -- GnuPG Key: http://guru.josefine.at/~mfischer/C2272BD0.asc