ID: 46015 Comment by: tsteiner at nerdclub dot net Reported By: Fedora at FamilleCollet dot com Status: Assigned Bug Type: GD related Operating System: Linux (Fedora 9) PHP Version: 5.3.0alpha2 Assigned To: pajoye New Comment:
This is still an issue in 5.3.0RC1. If building against an external version of GD is no longer supported, the configure script should probably be updated to throw an error or at least a warning should one try to do so. Currently, the build just fails during "make" with the error: ext/gd/gd.c:72:23: error: gdhelpers.h: No such file or directory leaving the user with no idea what to do. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-05 18:53:05] php-bugs-2008 at ryandesign dot com Thanks for letting us know why specifically the bundled libgd is superior (the imagefilter and imagerotate functions). Given this, I will switch MacPorts php5 back to using the bundled libgd. You must admit however there is room for confusion. The first sentence on the installation instructions [1] says "If you have the GD library (available at ยป http://www.libgd.org/) you will also be able to create and manipulate images." And the libgd homepage in turn says "The library [...] is now maintained by Pierre-A. Joye under the umbrella of PHP.net." This gives the impression that the standalone libgd is being developed by the same people who develop PHP's bundled libgd. The note further down the installation instructions reads "Since PHP 4.3 there is a bundled version of the GD lib [which] should be used in preference to the external library since its codebase is better maintained and more stable." Because PHP 4.3 is so old, someone reading this note might well assume the information is outdated, and that since libgd is now under PHP.net's umbrella, the unique changes in PHP's bundled libgd are now in the standalone libgd as well. php5 has supported standalone libgd, up to and including php 5.3.0 alpha 1. So it would be good if php 5.3.0 final did not break this. Or, if it is your intention to break this, then do so with a friendlier message in the configure phase and update the documentation. [1] http://www.php.net/manual/en/image.setup.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-05 09:13:40] paj...@php.net The bundled GD is the recommend version anyway. It has more bug fixes and features than almost all GD distributions out there (the worst is debian's gd which should not be used at all). Functions like imagefilter, imagerotate are not available when an external GD is used. php6 may support external GD but only a recent version and only when a minimum set of features are enabled. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-05 08:56:05] karsten at typo3 dot org I had the same issue yesterday and switched to the bundled GD to make it compile. Now, it would be interesting to know what functionality difference this means and what the other issue is, this is related to. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-09-08 10:57:48] paj...@php.net This patch is not correct as then the function defined in gdhelper.h will not be defined and the default signature will be used. please do not apply it, I will fix the issue while working on another similar issue in gd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-09-08 10:26:57] spher...@php.net Had the same problem and came up with similar fix. Would someone apply this patch to CVS? My karma is not sufficient. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/46015 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46015&edit=1
