php images not working

system · September 30, 2015, 9:08pm

I have tried about everything I can think of… using php 5.5.29 and apache 2.4; edited httpd.conf for directory, etc and php.ini for extensions, php_gd2.dll , etc. restarted apache; the regular php works, it is just the images at, I assume, php_gd2.dll part… my code is as follows:
this code has worked on my older xp machine and apache 2.2

<?php session_start(); $ranStr = md5(microtime()); $ranStr = substr($ranStr, 0, 8); $_SESSION['cap_code'] = $ranStr; $newImage = gdimagecreatefromjpeg("images/bg_cap1.jpg"); $txtColor = gdImageCreateTrueColor($newImage, 141,182,205); # $txtColor = imagecolorallocate($newImage, 141,182,205); imagestring($newImage, 5, 5, 5, $ranStr, $txtColor); header("Content-type: image/jpeg"); imagejpeg($newImage); ?>

astonecipher · September 30, 2015, 11:25pm

You probably don’t have the gd library installed to use gdimagecreatefromjpeg(), it is not a native function. Where as imagecreatefromjpeg() is.

system · October 1, 2015, 12:53am

comment to my last question/reply: Yes, I know that the php_gd2.dll is not working properly, however I have un-commented the ;extensions= “ext”; pointed the extension to “c:/Php/php_gd2.dll” ; loaded "php5apache2_4.dll; looked at "<?php phpinfo(); ?> and there is not a “gd section”, so I am losed as to why when I restart apache 2.4 that it don’t read the php.ini file and activate the php_gd2.dll so it will function…
what else do I need to do?
Thanks so much, as you can see I just know enough to get around in php, but a long way from really knowing the language well.

astonecipher · October 1, 2015, 1:31am

One possible answer http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/red-hat-fedora-linux/136596-installing-gd-php.html