[plug] PHP/GIF problem (OT?)

[Brian Tombleson]

From: "Bernard Blackham" <dagobah at mad.scientist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 8:24 PM

> I'm trying to write some PHP scripts, one of which I would like to
> generate an image dynamically and output as a GIF file. Using the Debian
> 2.2 package of php4 and php4-gd, it does not have GIF support, or even
> JPEG support. The latest version of the gd libraries (1.8.3) have
> completely dropped gif support due to patenting issues with Unisys and
> they recommend to use jpeg or PNG format.

I believe there's an old version of the gd libraries (maybe not for PHP, but
definitely Perl) that handle gif's before the patent issue.

Sorry I can't help directly, but it may help to look around for it.

- Brian.