[mapserver-users] PHP -> PNG

[Assefa Yewondwossen]

Hi,

 There are sevral php_mapscript.dll (depnding on the php version and the
mapserver version)on our download site with a PNG support compiled in it :
http://www2.dmsolutions.ca/webtools/dl/.

Later,

"Hankley, Chip" wrote:

> OK...I'm feeling pretty ignorant.
>
> I am developing ALL of my Mapserver apps using PHP mapscript. Right now I'm
> using PHP 4.0.4pl1.
>
> I'm thinking about converting to PNG...and I thought all I would have to do
> was change the version of mapserv.exe from the GIF version to the PNG
> version... but I guess that's not the case (OK, in retrospect, I should have
> figured that out...I started out using MapServer in the cgi-bin, as in the
> tutorial.)
>
> Anyway, I'm gathering now that when using PHP-Mapscript, Mapserver is
> embodied in the php_mapscript_34.dll, and has nothing to do with what is in
> cgi-bin.
>
> To make php-mapscript generate PNG instead of GIF, do I need to find someone
> to compile it with a different version of GD? Anyone done this willing to
> share? Does the version for 3.5 do PNG?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chip

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Assefa Yewondwossen
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Email: assefa at dmsolutions.ca
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