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Help installing GD library

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bukaida
bukaida Original post #1
Nov 15, 2006 at 9:54 AM
I am using PHP 4.4.0 with apache 2 under winxp(sp2). Now I want to install gd library support for php. I couldnot find a decent instruction anywhere on how to install it under windows platform.From the Zip binary I have downloaded, i have copied the php_gd2.dll in my c:\php directory and also to
windows\system32 directory. I have changed the php.ini file to include
the extension directory and uncommented the extension module that corresponds to php_gd2.dll. But still it is not working.I am including a copy of my php.ini for your inspection.please help.
JGuru
JGuru #2
Nov 16, 2006 at 12:29 PM
@Bukaida, I think it should work!! Since you have placed the file php_gd2.dll in the
directory 'C:\PHP'. You have also made changes to the php.ini file to include the
extension.
bukaida
bukaida #3
Nov 26, 2006 at 11:03 PM
ya man, I have done a silly mistake.Instead of having the php.ini file in c:\windows , I put it in c:\windows\system32 (Which I discovered from phpinfo() ). Moving that file to c:\windows solved everything.