UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi All,

I am a newbbie at UNIX/LINUX and recently installed GD library and all the jpeg6b and libpng successfuly. I have also added the extension=gd.so in the php.ini file under "Dynamic Extensions"

The issue I am having now is enabling GD library. I am suppose to now add a few lines to the php.ini file. I do not know where and how to drop these lines in that file, I am sure that I just don't drop the lines anywhere. I am also assuming I must re-compile that file or PHP, the lines must be added below:

./configure \
--with-gd \
--with-jpeg
--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local \
--with-png
--with-png-dir=/usr/local \

make
make install

Can someone guide me

Thank-you.

If GD is statically compiled into the PHP binary, then you don't need to change php.ini to load any .so as dynamic extension. Just restart Apache or whatever Web server you have should work.

Are you sure your GD is really dynamically compiled? It appears to me that it is statically compiled instead from your ./configure command. Try restarting Apache without loading any gd.so and fire a phpinfo page to check whether it is enabled.

hi cbkihong,

Thank-you for your reply. How would I know if GD is statically installed or dynamically?
Anyhow I removed that line extension=gd.so form php.ini and restarted Apache.

I fired up a test php page, still no success, GD library is not listed as installed.
PHP verison on my server is 4.3.9

Any other steps I should take. I have have followed to my best that I can the instructions found here:http://www.boutell.com/gd/manual2.0.33.html

It has been warned that only the GD shipped with PHP should be used. If you install GD with an external package, it may not work with PHP.