Problem with png image

[TheMadMidget]

I had no problem with this code on my school's server, but when I moved it to mine it didn't work at all. Before it would make an image and display the text where I wanted it to, but now if Firefox all it does it display the full URL of the php file and IE displays a lil blank image box. I'm not sure what version the old server had, but mine has php 5.2.1. I copied over the whole folder, it's not like I'm missing a file there, but I'm wondering if it's just my PHP configuration, other PHP functions work fine.

<?php

header("Content-type: image/png");
$string = $_GET['text'];
$im    = imagecreatefrompng("MouseOver.png");
$black = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
$px    = (imagesx($im) - 10 * strlen($string)) / 2;
$font = imageloadfont("Occidental.gdf");
imagestring($im, $font, $px+1, 1+1, $string, $white);
imagestring($im, $font, $px, 1, $string, $black);
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);

?>

[quill]

Does your php version have the gd library installed?

[TheMadMidget]

Does your php version have the gd library installed?

Not unless it's included in the standard full installation, how would I do that?

[Atli]

Find this line in your php.ini

;extension=php_gd2.dll

and change it to

extension=php_gd2.dll

If your using apache you will have to restart it.
IIS isn't supposed to need a restart, but might.

[TheMadMidget]

That line wasn't there, I tried just adding it, but that didn't work. I'm using apache only and did a restart. I have no idea what's wrong.

[Atli]

What php version are you using?

Are you using Windows? If so did you install php with the installer?


If you did install php 5.x on windows using the installer, a .dll file will be missing from your installation.

Try downloading the zip version of the install from www.php.net and unzip it.
Find the ext folder in the unzipped folder and copy the php_gd2.dll to the ext folder in your current php directory. (C:/Program Files/PHP/ext/) by default

Then you will need to change / add the line as I showed you before and restart apache.

That should do it.

[TheMadMidget]

I'm using Windows, I tried using the installer, but it didn't seem to work so I left the files it made and used the zip version to include everything else. I checked my ext directory and the php_gd2.dll file is there.
Don't know if it help but you can check this out:
PHP Info

[Atli]

If the file is there and you have edited the php.ini it should show up.

Your phpinfo() shows the extension_dir as "./". You might have to find that in you php.ini and point it to the ext dir of your php installation.
Based on your phpinifo() file I'd guess (C:/Server/PHP/ext/)

And just be sure that you'r acctually editing the php.ini file that your phpinfo() refers to (C:\Server\PHP\ php.ini). I've spent hours editing the wrong one, never understanding why it didn't work :P

[TheMadMidget]

extension_dir = "./ext"
That and uncommenting the
extension=php_g d2.dll

I figured it was "stock" going to work. Thank you Atli for your persistence, otherwise I probably would of tried reinstalling everything and came back to here.