Does the GD2 extension come with PHP?

Question

Does the GD2 extension come with PHP by default? If yes, since what version does it happen? Is it enabled by default?

thanks (:

Ecospecies

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5) ... although I am not 100% sure. – Nantucket

hmm, i don't think so...the manual suggests that GD(one) does not come with php until version 4.3. unfortunately it doesn't give me any clue about GD2. – Ecospecies

Answer 1

GD isn't compiled with PHP by default but is included with many binary distributions of PHP.

Full details/instructions are here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/image.setup.php

Fado

Answer 2

On windows system, it is generally delivered but not installed. You can enable it by decommenting the section in the php.ini file.

On Linux systems (Debian & Ubuntu), on a default installation, it is activated. Rather than doing it in command line as suggests : Atticus, give it a try with a php info!

<?php 
    phpinfo();
?>

If GD is installed, you'll see it on that page. ;)

Napoli

also you can do "php -i" this command in terminal to see your phpinfo. – Tightrope

Or even better: php -i|grep GD. This will show you only the GD related info. – Mansion

Answer 3

Hmm I think i had to install mine on my server

do you have access to your server or is it a shared server?

If so -- check if php5-gd is installed

Upheave

my doubt is merely informative. i need the info for a paperwork and i couldn't find it objetively in the manual :( – Ecospecies

you can install php5-gd with the following command. If it doesn't exist, it will download. If it exists, it will not download again. "sudo yum install php5-gd" – Tightrope