GD module for PHP
syquest - April 14, 2006 - 11:49
Hello Everyone,
I'm having persistent problems with the installation and configuation of the GD module for PHP. I’ve read the other posts concerning this topic and I revised the php.ini file as instructed. However, upon doing a phpinfo test, the GD module still doesn’t appear. And of course, I continue to receive the following message at the Settings page:
“The built-in GD image toolkit requires that the GD module for PHP be installed and configured properly. For more information see http://php.net/image.”
Should you be kind enough to offer an explanation of solution, please consider that I am rather new to PHP, MySQL, and Drupal. Following are my specifications:
Mac OS 10.4.6
Apache/1.3.33 (Darwin)
PHP/4.4.1
MySQL 4.1.13a
Thank you.
Advise...
I advise you to update PHP to at least 4.3 which is the minimal PHP version required for drupal anyway.
With PHP 4.3 comes a built-in version of GD..
Good luck!
recompile PHP
On OSX Tiger, PHP is installed without the GD library, so you'll have to recompile PHP to include this library.
There is a great tutorial on developer.apple.com: PHP on Mac OSX. It specifically deals with GD as well.
You may also be interested in reading: Installing Drupal on Tiger.
If this is your own configuration
If this is your own configuration, go to http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/ and download and install PHP 4.3 for Apache 1.3.
Normally this distribution comes with GD support compiled in.
Paddy.
http://deburca.org, and http://amadain.net
Do you mean downgrade to 4.3?
Thank you for your suggestions. But I don't understand why I am being instructed to UPGRADE to PHP 4.3 when I have PHP 4.4.
Now What?
I did what was suggested: "upgraded" to 4.3 and now I can't connect to Drupal or PHPmyadmin. Please help.
Problem Solved
I solved my problem and have reestablished my connection. The solution follows...
1. Downloaded the application MySQL Query Browser
2. Entered the following in the MySQL Query shell>
SET PASSWORD FOR XXXX@localhost = OLD_PASSWORD('YYYYl');
3. Opened Terminal and restarted Apache by entered the following into the shell>
sudo apachectl graceful
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Note: In step 2 above X=user and Y=password