[geeklog-devel] Re: [geeklog-devtalk] Geeklog not supporting GD-Lib ?

[Jason Whittenburg]

GD works on windows, there is a bundled DLL.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Bibbs" <tony at tonybibbs.com>
To: <geeklog-devtalk at lists.geeklog.net>; "Geeklog Development"
<geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 9:53 AM
Subject: [geeklog-devel] Re: [geeklog-devtalk] Geeklog not supporting GD-Lib
?



> Does GD run on windows?  If not, that would be your first reason (as far

> as I can tell, it does not support windows).  Geeklog works hard to

> support windows platforms and is hard to justify implementing something

> for use by just a few users.  That said, we *would* include such code if

> it were contributed by a third party (e.g. you).  I would challenge you

> to work this support in which, if you know PHP, should only take a few

> hours to get it working and tested.  You have my word on that.

>

> BTW, a comparison to *nuke isn't the type of carrot we chase ;-)

>

> --Tony

>

> geeklog-devtalk-admin at lists.geeklog.net wrote:

>

> >Hi all,

> >

> >I just figured out that as of PHP relase V4.3x the GD-Lib graphics

library

> >is included as standard lib.

> >Now I wonder why Geeklog does only support ImageMagic and Netpbm?

> >As I'm using some cheap hosting account I cannot install the missing

> >ImageMagic of Netpbm on the ISP's server.

> >However as they're (and I presume most other ISP's as weel) are running

PHP

> >V4.3.x they do have GD-Lib as graphics lib.

> >So why not make Geeklog use GD-Lib?

> >best would be to make Geeklog automagically use GD-Lib if the server is

> >running PHP 4.3.x + .. just like PHP-nuke does! :-)

> >

> >Greetings,

> >

> >Rob

> >

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