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OK, my aim is to set up my computer to run GD so that I can use PHP to generate images. I have looked at a WebMonkey guide at:
- http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/01/21/index4a.html

but I'm not very good at the software-backend of things - e.g. compiling etc.

I would be extremely grateful if someone could guide me through the setup of GD and other necessary 'libraries' on my server. My current setup is as follows:

- Windows XP Home Edition (yeah, not good, but it came with the PC)
- Apache 1.3.20
- PHP 4.2.0

Thanks for your help in advance...

Nimco wrote:
> ...I'm not very good at the software-backend of things - e.g.
> compiling etc.

You won't need to do any compiling. There is an excellent all-in-one package of Apache/PHP/mySQL called FoxServ which you might have a look at - the GD library is included, all you have to do is copy the dll from one directory to another and make a change to an ini file to activate it. It will work under Win9x but as with any server software, NT or 2000 would be better.

http://www.foxserv.net/

Note however the current latest release is a little buggy so you might want to wait for their next version.

Chris.

http://php.weblogs.com/GD

The instructions at the bottom of the page are pretty straight forward I think. If you cant find the version of the dll you need, google will help you out there. :)
If you're still having problems then you might try getting rid of your current installs of apache and php, and downloading something like EasyPHP (from www.easyphp.org), its a apache,php and mysql, but most importantly for you, it comes with the GD library installed too.

-G

Well, a Unix-based operating system would be a good start. It's not possible to compile GD on Windows, unless you use cygwin or something, but that requires you to cygwin Apache and PHP too, which is just a pain. Get Linux, it's free.

Right.... Does anyone wanna be slightly more helpful. lol. i havent got a clue what i need to do.... :(

You want to compile the GD library... on Windows? Good luck.

OK, my aim is to set up my computer to run GD so that I can use PHP to generate images. I have looked at a WebMonkey guide at:
- http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/01/21/index4a.html

but I'm not very good at the software-backend of things - e.g. compiling etc.

I would be extremely grateful if someone could guide me through the setup of GD and other necessary 'libraries' on my server. My current setup is as follows:

- Windows XP Home Edition (yeah, not good, but it came with the PC)
- Apache 1.3.20
- PHP 4.2.0

Thanks for your help in advance...