On 10/04/2008, Thijs Lensselink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Robin Vickery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On 10/04/2008, Thijs Lensselink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Quoting Luca Paolella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > > How do I install/activate the GD library with my existing PHP version? > > > > I'm quite sure it isn't already, since I got this error: > > > > > > > > Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagecreate() in > > > > > > > > /Volumes/Data/Users/luca/Library/WebServer/Documents/reloadTest/image.php > > > on > > > > line 6 > > > > > > > > Please forgive my ignorance, and thanks for your help > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On windows it's as easy as downloading the dll from pecl4win.php.net. > > > > > > But from your directory structure i presume you have some sort of *nix > > > system. > > > So you have to reconfigure and rebuild PHP. > > > > > > > Ouch... first try installing the php gd module through whatever > > package manager your *nix distribution uses. For instance, on Ubuntu > > linux you'd do: > > > > sudo aptitude install php5-gd > > > > > > Ouch? That's exactly what i added to my post "Make sure GD is installed > on the system."
Making sure GD is installed on the system is a very sensible thing to do. The "ouch" was aimed at the suggestion that if you're on a *nix system, the course of action is to recompile php. Normally these days you'd just install the gd module (the equivalent of your windows dll) through your package manager. -robin -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
