[PHP-DEV] Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #7912 Updated: Imagexxx calls dont work properly. Is GD installed correctly? From: Aaron Martin (aaron <email protected>)
Date: 12/05/00

>ID: 7912
>Updated by: sniper
>Reported By: aaron <email protected>
>Status: Feedback
>Bug Type: GD related
>Assigned To:
>Comments:
>
>1. Is the GD mentioned in phpinfo() output?
>2. What is the exact error message you get with
> imagetypes() ?
>
>--Jani
>
>Previous Comments:
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>[2000-11-21 18:24:23] aaron <email protected>
>I am starting to play around with images and found in the docs that the
>imagetypes() function didn't work in php 4.0.0. So I decided to
>upgrade to 4.0.3pl1 and add in support for more goodies. I used the
>following configure line:
>
>./configure --with-mysql=/local/apps/mysql
>--with-apxs=/opt/apache/bin/apxs --with-gd=shared,/local
>--with-jpeg-dir=/local --with-ttf=/local --with-t1lib=/local
>--with-zlib=/local
>
>It is not clear from the configure --help output what the paths are
>supposed to point to, but /local on my system is also /usr/local,
>all the above items were installed with default paths, so libs are
>in /local/lib and includes are in /local/include. I configured gd-1.8.3 with
>all its suggested goodies. The configure and build all along seemed
>to go well. The same for the php configure, make and make install.
>But when I try imagetypes(), it still says that imagetypes is
>undefined.
>I tried creating and outputting some imagefiles. I can make all the
>function calls, but no files are created, either to the browser or
>to my unix filesystem. The new version of php is definitely being
>used (restarted apache and looked at phpinfo() output). Is there a
>way I can tell if GD is installed correctly?
>
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>Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7912

I got around the bug by changing --with-gd=shared,/local to --with-gd=/local.
I dont know if I needed to set a path somewhere else (LD_LIBRARY_PATH?) to
get it to read the shared version. I am not sure what benefits I derive
from the shared, so I can probably get by without it for now. 

-- 
                                    Cheers...       Aaron

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