[mapserver-users] accessing GD functions

[Daniel Morissette]

Vincent Jansen wrote:
> 
> I have Mapserver compiled with GD 1.2 up and running in a Solaris/Apache/PHP
> environment.
> Now I wish to access PHP GD functions, but I don't know how to do this.
> Can anyone help get started ?
> 

MapServer/MapScript uses GD to render the maps but it doesn't give you
access to PHP's GD functions.

To use PHP GD functions, you would need a PHP compiled with GD in, or
get a PHP_GD extension somewhere.  On Unix, I guess the easiest is to
recompile PHP with the --with-gd=PATH switch then have a look at the
docs at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.image.php 

Note that if you want to use MapScript with a PHP that has GD compiled
in then you should make sure both use the exact same version of the GD
library otherwise you might notice odd behaviors or even crashes.

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