WaveMan Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I have searched and tried every piece of advice I can find to get freakin' GD Libraries working on my server and nothing works! I have the gd2 dll file in the ext directory and also have it uncommented out in php.ini and the path in php.ini points to the right directory... I'm using php 5.2.3 Does anyone here have experience with this stuff? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFMaBiSmAd Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 A) Is the php.ini that you are changing the one that php is using (a phpinfo() statement will tell you), and B) Did you stop and start the web server to get any changes made to php.ini to take effect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveMan Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 A) Is the php.ini that you are changing the one that php is using (a phpinfo() statement will tell you), and B) Did you stop and start the web server to get any changes made to php.ini to take effect? A. Yes, it's in C:\php\php.ini B: Yes, even have rebooted the server.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFMaBiSmAd Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 A) Does a phpinfo() statement show the GD extension? B) Have you checked your web server error log file (IIS uses the Windows Event Log if I remember correctly) for any errors related to the GD extension? C) How do you know it is not working? What symptoms or errors are you getting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveMan Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 A) Does a phpinfo() statement show the GD extension? B) Have you checked your web server error log file (IIS uses the Windows Event Log if I remember correctly) for any errors related to the GD extension? C) How do you know it is not working? What symptoms or errors are you getting? A) phpinfo does not show any GD extension B) nothing in the event log C) I know it's not working - see A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFMaBiSmAd Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Based on what you have posted, there should have been a startup error mentioning that the gd dll could not be loaded. So, it is likely that the php.ini change is not being used. Post the line from the php.ini that you uncommented. What does a phpinfo() statement show for the 'Loaded Configuration File' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveMan Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 Based on what you have posted, there should have been a startup error mentioning that the gd dll could not be loaded. So, it is likely that the php.ini change is not being used. Post the line from the php.ini that you uncommented. What does a phpinfo() statement show for the 'Loaded Configuration File' Loaded Configuration File C:\PHP\php.ini extension=php_gd2.dll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveMan Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 Also: extension_dir = "C:/PHP/ext" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFMaBiSmAd Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 To see if php is processing the php.ini at the point where the extension statements are at, try either commenting out an extension that phpinfo() shows is being loaded or uncomment a different extension that phpinfo() shows is not being loaded, stop and start the IIS service in the service control panel and see if the change is reflected in the phpinfo() output. The information you have posted should cause the gd extension to be loaded or there should be an error in a log file telling you that it cannot be loaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveMan Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 To see if php is processing the php.ini at the point where the extension statements are at, try either commenting out an extension that phpinfo() shows is being loaded or uncomment a different extension that phpinfo() shows is not being loaded, stop and start the IIS service in the service control panel and see if the change is reflected in the phpinfo() output. The information you have posted should cause the gd extension to be loaded or there should be an error in a log file telling you that it cannot be loaded. I commented out mysqli.dll and it stopped showing up in phpinfo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFMaBiSmAd Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Any GD related error's in a log file yet? Was the gd2.dll already in the ext folder or did you obtain it separately and put it in that folder? How did you obtain the php package? Precompiled Windows binary from the php.net site or did you compile it yourself or get it from somewhere besides the php.net site? You need to fill in the blanks. What you have shown works. If it is not working it is because there is something specific to how you have gotten to this point that is preventing it from working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveMan Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 Any GD related error's in a log file yet? Was the gd2.dll already in the ext folder or did you obtain it separately and put it in that folder? How did you obtain the php package? Precompiled Windows binary from the php.net site or did you compile it yourself or get it from somewhere besides the php.net site? no GD related errors under "system events".... I don't recall but I'm sure I just used the win32 installer.... It was already in the folder... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFMaBiSmAd Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 The php .msi installer package should not be used. Ever. And if you did use it, you must use the add/remove under the Windows control panel to enable php extensions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveMan Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 The php .msi installer package should not be used. Ever. And if you did use it, you must use the add/remove under the Windows control panel to enable php extensions. I don't know how to set it up any other way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveMan Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 The php .msi installer package should not be used. Ever. And if you did use it, you must use the add/remove under the Windows control panel to enable php extensions. That did it! I did the add/remove programs for php then selected "Change" - all I had to do was add gd to the install! Thanks man! Holy crap - you have no idea how bad this was stressin' me out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 99% of the time the MSI doesn't work. They should just remove it, in my opinion, but eh, worked for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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