Moving from PHP Version 5.1.6 to PHP Version 4.3 and GD image support

[keith smith]

Thanks Tony,

I'm thinking of writing a simple tool that showed data in a graph.  It will be distributed so I'm looking for common denominators.

Thanks again,
Keith

Tony E - Jaraeth <jaraeth at phoenixwing.com> wrote: I have not seen ImageMagick show in the phpinfo(), unlike GD. However,
it's generally installed more often than not.  GD, in my opinion, is
used more often since it is also bundled with PHP, if enabled.
ImageMagick is also called for by PHP applications such as image
galleries like Coppermine or Gallery.  It depends on the applications
development team as to which is used more.

  ~ Tony E


> Hi Tony,
> 
> Thank you so much.  You guys are always awsome! 
> 
> I don't know how you keep up with all this.
> 
> Now if my host installed ImageMagick it would show on the phpinfo() ?
> 
> I'm assuming from little I know that GD would be the dominate graphics
> package/lib?
> 
> Thanks again for all your help.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> */Tony E - Jaraeth /* wrote:
> 
>     If you are using a RedHat based distro such as Fedora, CentOS or RedHat
>     itself, you can usually set the following up:
> 
>     In /etc/yum.repos.d/*.conf :
>     - Remove any mention of "Plus" distributions, ie: CentOS-Plus, by
>     setting "enabled=1" to "enabled=0". This repository will usually include
>     PHP5 & newer versions of Apache than you may want.
>     - Set alternate repositories such as "Dag" and/or "Dries" to disabled,
>     same method as above: "enabled=0". While these don't always suggest the
>     next and latest versions, they may include dependencies you may not want
>     to install at that time.
> 
>     Next, check for updates and packages using Yum. To search using YUM,
>     use: "yum search ". ie: "yum search php". Also, here's a
>     handy list I use for CentOS based systems, which is basically RedHat
>     Enterprise Server 4.x, and these are all installable using
>     - "yum install "... etc
> 
>     The following packages can be installed via "yum install" and should
>     give you full functionality, or at least similar capabilities, to that
>     of a hosting provider:
> 
>     gd gd-devel gd-progs
>     ImageMagick ImageMagick-perl ImageMagick-devel
>     libtiff libtiff-devel
>     libexif libexif-devel
>     libjpeg libjpeg-devel
>     libpng libpng-devel
>     php php-devel php-pear php-mysql php-mbstring php-imap php-domxml php-gd
>     mysql mysql-server mysql-devel perl-DBD-MySQL libdbi-dbd-mysql
>     httpd httpd-suexec mod_auth_mysql mod_perl mod_ssl
> 
>     Hope that helps...
> 
> 
>     ~ Tony E
> 
> 
> 
>     Alex Dean wrote:
>     > keith smith wrote:
>     >> I would like to move from PHP 5 to PHP 4 and include GD support. I'm
>     >> a complete novice at this type of stuff. I would like to avoid having
>     >> to install from a TAR. Mostly for upgrade ability.
>     > In Debian it would be something like 'apt-get install php4 php4-gd'.
>     > apt would remove php5 before installing php4. I'm not sure what Fedora
>     > calls the packages, but I imagine yum provides something pretty
>     > similar. If you want to try running both ( one as an Apache
>     module, one
>     > under FastCGI ) I did a howto on that for AzPHP a few months ago.
>     > http://www.deanspot.org/content/view/77/46/
>     >>
>     >> Also what PHP graphics support is more common? My shared host has GD
>     >> and I'm hearing about ImageMagick.
>     > Ask your host what they provide and use that. Keep in mind that GD has
>     > changed over time. Some releases support GIF and some don't. You can
>     > find out what you've got with a phpinfo() call. Check the 'GD'
>     section.
>     >
>     > I know this you didn't ask, so feel free to disregard this, but I have
>     > to say that in my opinion you're taking a real step backwards by going
>     > back to PHP4. (I say this as someone who writes PHP every day.) PHP5
>     > is a huge improvement, and it's a shame more people aren't taking
>     > advantage of it.
>     >
>     > regards,
>     > alex
>     >
>     >
>     >
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