PHP GD extension not installed

[JHarley]

I was told that the latest vesions of PHP came with a version of the GD library, but apparently not.

 

I am just setting up a forums, all goes fine until I am presented with this message:

 

Thumbnail support has been disabled. For proper functionality either the GD extension need to be available or imagemagick being installed. Both were not found.

 

I am running a WAMP server, with the following versions:

 

Windows: Windows XP PRO

Apache: 2.2.11

MYSQL: 5.1

PHP: 5.2.10

 

I realise I need to choose which to install, but I would be greatful of advice and maybe a point in the right direction.

 

Thanks,

 

FB

[rhodesa]

1) Click on the WAMP icon in the system tray. In the menu go to Config Files -> php.ini

2) Find the following line:

;extension=php_gd2.dll

3) Remove the semicolon from the beginning so it looks lik:

extension=php_gd2.dll

4) Save and close the file

5) Click on the WAMP icon again and do Restart All Services