Re: [PHP] gd Graphics Library Question (EXIF)

2011-04-30 Thread Stuart Dallas
On Saturday, 30 April 2011 at 03:32, Mitch wrote: I was wondering about that. Since I am not actually hosting my ISP would > have to have it loaded (or compiled into their PHP implementation), right? You may be able to use http://php.net/dl to load the extension (you'll need to build it to be co

Re: [PHP] gd Graphics Library Question (EXIF)

2011-04-29 Thread Mitch
I was wondering about that. Since I am not actually hosting my ISP would have to have it loaded (or compiled into their PHP implementation), right? I'll have to do some legwork with my ISP and ImageMagic On 4/29/2011 9:26 AM, Stuart Dallas wrote: On Friday, 29 April 2011 at 03:33, Mitch wrote:

Re: [PHP] gd Graphics Library Question (EXIF)

2011-04-29 Thread Stuart Dallas
On Friday, 29 April 2011 at 03:33, Mitch wrote: I have written a lightweight, easy to use photo album "system" in > HTML/PHP/MySQL.In addition to the Photo Album side I have written a > series of Admin Utilities to manage it with. One of the administrative > utilities uploads photos from my loca

Re: [PHP] gd Graphics Library Question (EXIF)

2011-04-29 Thread Gerardo Benitez
Hi Mitch, you could try with http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exif-read-data.php I did a test with image jpg and this was the result: FILE . FileName: bruce_lee_black_white.jpg FILE . FileDateTime: 1304086298 FILE . FileSize: 33464 FILE . FileType: 2 FILE . MimeType: image/jpeg FILE . Section

Re: [PHP] GD Watermark Question

2010-09-19 Thread Peter Lind
On 19 September 2010 16:05, tedd wrote: > At 6:03 PM -0400 9/17/10, Gary wrote: >> >> Is there a way to insert a watermark on an image as it is being uploaded >> to >> the image file, then removed when it is called from a database to be >> viewed >> on a website? >> >> The rational behind this is

Re: [PHP] GD Watermark Question

2010-09-19 Thread tedd
At 6:03 PM -0400 9/17/10, Gary wrote: Is there a way to insert a watermark on an image as it is being uploaded to the image file, then removed when it is called from a database to be viewed on a website? The rational behind this is I have a photographers site I am doing, and I am limiting the si

Re: [PHP] GD Watermark Question

2010-09-17 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Fri, 2010-09-17 at 18:03 -0400, Gary wrote: > Is there a way to insert a watermark on an image as it is being uploaded to > the image file, then removed when it is called from a database to be viewed > on a website? > > The rational behind this is I have a photographers site I am doing, and

Re: [PHP] GD - import a PNG image and make transparant

2010-05-13 Thread Alex Davies
Hi Ash, Thanks for your suggestion. I think this is where my confusion is. I understand how to use imagecolorallocatealpha() to for example create a 50% transparant colour, and apply it to a new rectangle for example. I dont understand how to "apply" it to a new source image, for example $src = i

Re: [PHP] GD - import a PNG image and make transparant

2010-05-13 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Hey tedd, Sorry bout that.. here you go. http://designdrumm.com/upload_images_test.zip Karl On May 13, 2010, at 9:06 AM, tedd wrote: At 6:40 PM -0500 5/12/10, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Hi Alex, I have a php file I made just a few months ago. It takes a gif, jpeg or png of any size and sizes i

Re: [PHP] GD - import a PNG image and make transparant

2010-05-13 Thread tedd
At 6:40 PM -0500 5/12/10, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Hi Alex, I have a php file I made just a few months ago. It takes a gif, jpeg or png of any size and sizes it proportionately to a specified size and then outputs a png. If the image is a transparent png or transparent gif, it will still hold th

Re: [PHP] GD - import a PNG image and make transparant

2010-05-12 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 00:12 +0100, Alex Davies wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to import a PNG image from disk, place it on top of a > transparant image created in GD and output it to the browser. In the case of > a low opacity setting, I would expect to see the background colour from the > HTML pag

Re: [PHP] GD - import a PNG image and make transparant

2010-05-12 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Hi Alex, I have a php file I made just a few months ago. It takes a gif, jpeg or png of any size and sizes it proportionately to a specified size and then outputs a png. If the image is a transparent png or transparent gif, it will still hold the transparency. This is just a test page and it t

Re: [PHP] [GD] Image errors

2009-07-15 Thread Peter Ford
Martin Scotta wrote: > Why are you ussing GD? > All you need is output the image to the browser? > > try this... I didn't test/run this code, but it may work... > > public function showPicture( $id ) { > header('Content-type:' . mime_content_type( $this->updir . $id . > '.png' ) ); >

Re: [PHP] [GD] Image errors

2009-07-15 Thread Peter Ford
Ash, Martin, Seems you are both wandering around the obvious problem... I suspect that $tipo (in the next line) is *supposed* to be $type - sounds like a partial Italian translation to me... So given that $type="imagecreatefrompng" (for example, if the mime check returns 'png' - not very reliabl

Re: [PHP] [GD] Image errors

2009-07-14 Thread Martin Scotta
Why are you ussing GD? All you need is output the image to the browser? try this... I didn't test/run this code, but it may work... public function showPicture( $id ) { header('Content-type:' . mime_content_type( $this->updir . $id . '.png' ) ); readfile( $this->updir . $id . '.png' )

Re: [PHP] [GD] Image errors

2009-07-14 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 14:16 -0300, Martin Scotta wrote: > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Ashley > Sheridan wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 13:41 -0300, Martin Scotta wrote: > >> He is calling the function by variable > >> > >> something like this > >> > >> $func = 'var_dump'; > >> > >> $func( ne

Re: [PHP] [GD] Image errors

2009-07-14 Thread Martin Scotta
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 13:41 -0300, Martin Scotta wrote: >> He is calling the function by variable >> >> something like this >> >> $func = 'var_dump'; >> >> $func( new Foo ); >> >> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Ashley >> Sheridan wrote: >>

Re: [PHP] [GD] Image errors

2009-07-14 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 13:41 -0300, Martin Scotta wrote: > He is calling the function by variable > > something like this > > $func = 'var_dump'; > > $func( new Foo ); > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Ashley > Sheridan wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 13:27 -0300, Martin Scotta wrote: > >> $

Re: [PHP] [GD] Image errors

2009-07-14 Thread Martin Scotta
He is calling the function by variable something like this $func = 'var_dump'; $func( new Foo ); On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 13:27 -0300, Martin Scotta wrote: >> $immagine = $tipo($this->updir.$id.'.png'); >> >> $tipo is undefined >> >> >> On

Re: [PHP] [GD] Image errors

2009-07-14 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 13:27 -0300, Martin Scotta wrote: > $immagine = $tipo($this->updir.$id.'.png'); > > $tipo is undefined > > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Il pinguino > volante wrote: > > Hi to all > > > > I get a problem processing an image with GD libraries. > > > > This is my functi

Re: [PHP] [GD] Image errors

2009-07-14 Thread Martin Scotta
$immagine = $tipo($this->updir.$id.'.png'); $tipo is undefined On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Il pinguino volante wrote: > Hi to all > > I get a problem processing an image with GD libraries. > > This is my function > >   public function showPicture($id) { >       header('Content-type: image/

Re: [PHP] GD and Converting a Transparent PNG-8 to a Transparent GIF

2009-01-18 Thread Graham Anderson
I got it to work :) Like you had recommended, I found a script in http://php.net/imagecolortransparent from: fmkaiba at optonline dot net 07-Feb-2008 08:05. The function is called, createthumb Cheers Graham On Jan 18, 2009, at 4:46 PM, Jochem Maas wrote: Graham Anderson schreef: Hi I am

Re: [PHP] GD and Converting a Transparent PNG-8 to a Transparent GIF

2009-01-18 Thread Graham Anderson
Thanks for the reply I tried the example (below) from the link and still get a gif with white background. Maybe, you can only do this with PNG-24s...not PNG-8s? Anyone else know if this can work? # Convert the PreExisting PNG Image to a GIF $img = imagecreatefrompng($pngPath); $gifAbsolu

Re: [PHP] GD and Converting a Transparent PNG-8 to a Transparent GIF

2009-01-18 Thread Jochem Maas
Graham Anderson schreef: > Hi > > I am having problems getting GD to convert a transparent PNG-8 to a > transparent GIF > The below WILL produce a GIF...but leaves a white background > > # Convert the PreExisting PNG Image to a GIF > $img = imagecreatefrompng($pngPath); > > # Set the GIF to be t

Re: [PHP] GD - Print Animated GIF

2008-06-19 Thread Per Jessen
Stephen Pynenburg wrote: > Hey All, > I'm new to the list, but hopefully it's a nice one :) > Anyway, my problem is fairly straightforward, but there doesn't seem > to be anything on it anywhere. When I read an animated GIF with > imagecreatefromgif(), then print it out with imagegif(), the result

Re: [PHP] GD brush tracing letters

2008-06-14 Thread Daniel Brown
On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 7:16 PM, eric cash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quick GD question, I'm building a custom CAPTCHA, and I want to 'trace' > random letters (hopefully from a random font) with a brush. Is there an easy > way to do this, or am I going to have to build some ridiculous custom > li

Re: [PHP] GD - JPEG to PNG with transparency and color

2008-05-07 Thread tedd
At 12:16 PM -0400 5/6/08, Travis L. Font wrote: Following files: bg.png - Clear Transparent Image 14416fed5d4f78.jpg - Normal Jpeg Image The Code: header('content-type: image/png'); $watermark = imagecreatefromjpeg('14416fed5d4f78.jpg'); $watermark_width = imagesx($watermark); $watermark_hei

Re: [PHP] GD, changing an images pixel color, color matching, fuzzy picture

2008-03-28 Thread Casey
On Mar 28, 2008, at 7:38 PM, Lamonte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Casey wrote: I have an annoying habit of not using comments :) Explanations are inline. On Mar 28, 2008, at 7:10 PM, Lamonte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Casey wrote: On Mar 28, 2008, at 4:27 PM, Lamonte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: [PHP] GD, changing an images pixel color, color matching, fuzzy picture

2008-03-28 Thread Casey
I have an annoying habit of not using comments :) Explanations are inline. On Mar 28, 2008, at 7:10 PM, Lamonte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Casey wrote: On Mar 28, 2008, at 4:27 PM, Lamonte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Okay I created a script that changes a basic smiley face into a red smiley

Re: [PHP] GD, changing an images pixel color, color matching, fuzzy picture

2008-03-28 Thread Casey
On Mar 28, 2008, at 4:27 PM, Lamonte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Okay I created a script that changes a basic smiley face into a red smiley face..but it doesn't replace all the yellow, it looks like a yellow shadow in the background: $color = imagecolorallocate($im,hexdec(substr($hex,0,2)),h

Re: [PHP] GD / Pixel Font Rendering

2008-03-17 Thread Børge Holen
On Monday 17 March 2008 13:10:20 Jochem Maas wrote: > Børge Holen schreef: > > On Monday 17 March 2008 09:25:36 Jochem Maas wrote: > >> nihilism machine schreef: > >>> I am trying to render an 8 pixel pixel font without anti aliasing to > >>> look crisp (silkscreen) in 8pt with gd. the font is huge

Re: [PHP] GD / Pixel Font Rendering

2008-03-17 Thread Jochem Maas
Børge Holen schreef: On Monday 17 March 2008 09:25:36 Jochem Maas wrote: nihilism machine schreef: I am trying to render an 8 pixel pixel font without anti aliasing to look crisp (silkscreen) in 8pt with gd. the font is huge and ugly: -- any ideas? don't post twice. I recon he didn't.

Re: [PHP] GD / Pixel Font Rendering

2008-03-17 Thread Børge Holen
On Monday 17 March 2008 09:25:36 Jochem Maas wrote: > nihilism machine schreef: > > I am trying to render an 8 pixel pixel font without anti aliasing to > > look crisp (silkscreen) in 8pt with gd. the font is huge and ugly: > > > > > // Set the content-type > > header("Content-type: image/png"); >

Re: [PHP] GD / Pixel Font Rendering

2008-03-17 Thread Jochem Maas
nihilism machine schreef: I am trying to render an 8 pixel pixel font without anti aliasing to look crisp (silkscreen) in 8pt with gd. the font is huge and ugly: -- any ideas? don't post twice. use '8' instead of '20' for the fontsize. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/

Re: [PHP] GD Library

2007-10-30 Thread Jochem Maas
Charlene wrote: > I have the GD Library installed, but I don't see any of the fonts. What > is the preferred location to download fonts (standard fonts like Arial, > Verdana, etc.) and which directory should they be stored in? 'standard fonts' is not. and any directory you want. upload any legal

Re: [PHP] GD Library

2007-09-13 Thread Samuel Vogel
I would point you to MAMP: http://www.mamp.info/ It's like Xampp but designed all for a Mac... Easy to install, to configure and to user ;) Regards, Samy Greg Donald schrieb: On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Steve Marquez wrote: I am running PHP 4.4.7 without the GD Library and need it to run. I am v

Re: [PHP] GD Library

2007-09-13 Thread Greg Donald
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Steve Marquez wrote: > I am running PHP 4.4.7 without the GD Library and need it to run. > I am very novice on PHP, and am using a Mac with 10.3.9. > Can anyone point me in the right direction? http://destiney.com/blog/php-4-5-macos-x Hopefully those configs aren't totally o

RE: [PHP] GD Library

2007-09-13 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I am running PHP 4.4.7 without the GD Library and need it to run. I am very novice on PHP, and am using a Mac with 10.3.9. Can anyone point me in the right direction? [/snip] http://www.php.net/gd tells you how to get and install the libraries. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.n

Re: [PHP] GD Library and outputing image

2007-06-15 Thread tedd
At 9:17 PM +0100 6/13/07, Ross wrote: Never really used the GD much before very straightforward but how do I output the image on a page. This is fine on a php page on its own but what about one where the headers are already sent? Ross: That's not a problem. See this: http://xn--nvg.com/rotat

Re: [PHP] GD Library and outputing image

2007-06-13 Thread Daniel Brown
On 6/13/07, Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Never really used the GD much before very straightforward but how do I output the image on a page. This is fine on a php page on its own but what about one where the headers are already sent? Save the image as

Re: [PHP] GD Library and outputing image

2007-06-13 Thread Stephen
Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Never really used the GD much before very straightforward but how do I output the image on a page. This is fine on a php page on its own but what about one where the headers are already sent? Save the image as file, first. The href src= etc

Re: [PHP] GD Library and outputing image

2007-06-13 Thread Daniel Brown
On 6/13/07, Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Never really used the GD much before very straightforward but how do I output the image on a page. This is fine on a php page on its own but what about one where the headers are already sent? I take it I can do something like this . Anyone got a bet

RE: [PHP] GD 2.0.28 + PHP 4.4.2 + pixelation :(

2006-12-27 Thread Steven Macintyre
> imagecopyresampled might help you... I use that and it works > without > problems. > Hi Peter, " I have done some searching via google and some answers say change copyimageresampled to copyimageresized etc" I have tried your suggestion with the same results ... that is what I was using first

Re: [PHP] GD 2.0.28 + PHP 4.4.2 + pixelation :(

2006-12-27 Thread Jochem Maas
Steven Macintyre wrote: > Hi All, > > I have done some searching via google and some answers say change > copyimageresampled to copyimageresized etc which should be the correct; use copyimageresampled() > > I have tried all fixes ... to no avail > > > I have one image here 1280 x 960 (150 dp

RE: [PHP] GD 2.0.28 + PHP 4.4.2 + pixelation :(

2006-12-27 Thread Peter Lauri
Hi, imagecopyresampled might help you... I use that and it works without problems. /Peter -Original Message- From: Steven Macintyre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 10:17 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] GD 2.0.28 + PHP 4.4.2 + pixelation :( H

RE: [PHP] GD, and GD JPEG

2006-11-26 Thread Peter Lauri
Peter -Original Message- From: sublimenal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 6:31 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] GD, and GD JPEG Hey you need to ./configure it into your php installation via the command line Jeff-153 wrote: > > >

Re: [PHP] GD, and GD JPEG

2006-11-25 Thread sublimenal
Hey you need to ./configure it into your php installation via the command line Jeff-153 wrote: > > > Hi there. > I installed a script but it requires GD and GD JPEG > > I downloaded GD, and GD JPEG > > But how the heck do I install it? > > Thanks guys > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (h

Re: [PHP] GD.. con't

2006-11-25 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sat, November 25, 2006 4:25 pm, Jeff wrote: > Do I have to compile it with a C program? You do not need to compile GD on Windows, unless you are a masochist. :-v Use http://php.net/phpinfo to find out where you php.ini file is, or should be. Whatever directory that shows for "php.ini", put yo

Re: [PHP] GD - Problem writing text

2006-11-24 Thread Richard Lynch
On Thu, November 23, 2006 9:30 am, Fredrik Thunberg wrote: > imagettftext ($im, 30, 0, 10, 40 , $black, TTF_DIR. "times.ttf", > "Hello World!"); > FreeType Support enabled > FreeType Linkage with freetype > FreeType Version 2.1.3 > The one things that differs between the servers is:

Re: [PHP] gd for php5 under RH ES4

2006-10-11 Thread Richard Lynch
On Wed, October 11, 2006 1:36 pm, Doug Fulton wrote: > I am trying to use the php gd library (for imagecreate, etc) with php5 > under Red Hat ES4. I tried installing php-gd via webmin (which in > turn, > I see, uses up2date), but get the following error in the apache error > log when restarting: >

RE: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-19 Thread tedd
At 12:36 PM -0500 7/19/06, Jay Blanchard wrote: >[snip] >... some research ... >[/snip] > >So, am I to assume that this issue about storing images in databases is >dead? Yes, it was dead before it started, as it was the last time this issue was discussed. Simply put, there are tradeoffs, but bot

RE: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-19 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] ... some research ... [/snip] So, am I to assume that this issue about storing images in databases is dead? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-18 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] Kevin, you have more than once pointed out using a RAW format for operating the data system, what exactly do you mean? The database becomes the OS? If so, how do you set that up? It is something that I am not totally familiar with. [/snip] I did some research and went back to Kevin's origi

RE: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-16 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] ...a lot of stuff started by my original answer... [/snip] While this has been a fine debate I find that the discussion has deteriorated badly. Can we bring it back on point? There are a lot of us using MySQL (and PostGreSQL) along with PHP and in practice we have found that storing images

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-16 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, "Richard Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Assume, for the sake of argument, that your hard drive crashed. > > And your backup tape was invalid. > > And the weekly backup tape is also invalid. > > And, for good measuere, the monthly tape is just so out-of-date, t

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-16 Thread Lester Caine
Richard Lynch wrote: Given the number of posts here in PHP-General alone, of people getting tripped up by these things, I have concluded that cramming images into the DB is far more trouble than it is worth. It *seems* like a Good Idea until you actually do it for awhile, and then run into all

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-15 Thread Richard Lynch
On Fri, July 14, 2006 9:52 pm, Kevin Waterson wrote: > > >> I'm more concerned about the disaster recovery of a DB from a >> crashed >> hard drive, which has been cluttered up with binary data, making >> data >> recovery. > > One of the greatest benifits of binary DB storage is a single point > of

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-14 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, "Richard Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm more concerned about the disaster recovery of a DB from a crashed > hard drive, which has been cluttered up with binary data, making data > recovery. One of the greatest benifits of binary DB storage is a single point

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-14 Thread Richard Lynch
On Thu, July 13, 2006 6:49 pm, Kevin Waterson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, "Richard Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If you've benchmarked on YOUR hardware and have a proven savings, >> fine, post your tests and output. > > Already done in previous threads. Actually, to be pedantic,

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-13 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, "Richard Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you've benchmarked on YOUR hardware and have a proven savings, > fine, post your tests and output. Already done in previous threads. nowhere do I say the db is faster than file system. Just that various methods of db

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-13 Thread Richard Lynch
On Thu, July 13, 2006 1:25 pm, Kevin Waterson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, "Richard Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> It's coming FROM THE FILE SYSTEM. > > databases can be stored on RAW partitions, thus eliminating FILE > SYSTEM > overhead And are you actually doing this, or merel

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-13 Thread Richard Lynch
On Tue, July 11, 2006 11:38 am, Eric Butera wrote: > I don't see a problem with storing images in the DB IF they aren't > going to be continually accessed that way. For example say you have a > script that lets a user upload an image and creates a small, medium, > and large view out of it. Stick

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-13 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, "Richard Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You really need to TEST your assumption about the DB being faster. Do you _really_ think I am speaking without testing any of this?? I once wrote an article on this very topic in PHP mag and published the benchmarks. Kev

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-13 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, "Richard Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's coming FROM THE FILE SYSTEM. databases can be stored on RAW partitions, thus eliminating FILE SYSTEM overhead Kevin -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-12 Thread Richard Lynch
On Tue, July 11, 2006 1:48 am, Kevin Waterson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Austin Denyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It is generally accepted that storing things like that in a database >> is >> a Bad Thing. Much better to store the images as files and store the >> path in the databas

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-12 Thread Eric Butera
On 7/11/06, Adam Zey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The time taken per request, though (and that's about all we can get with a concurrency as low as 5) doesn't tell us much. We also don't know exactly what the PHP code is doing, how it does it, how your database is organized/indexed/accessed, if you

RE: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-12 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] How much of a performance hit? [/snip] Here is an interesting read; http://mysqldump.azundris.com/archives/36-Serving-Images-From-A-Database .html "Your system receives a number of file read requests, requesting it to load a number of blocks from the disk into the mysqld process. Eventual

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-11 Thread Adam Zey
Eric Butera wrote: On 7/11/06, Kevin Waterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How much of a performance hit? Kevin -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsu

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-11 Thread Eric Butera
On 7/11/06, Kevin Waterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How much of a performance hit? Kevin -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-10 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Larry Garfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There may be other reasons you'd want to store binary data in an SQL > database, > but it will always be a performance hit over just passing a normal file that > can be streamed right off the disk to the server's NIC. Ho

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-10 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Austin Denyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is generally accepted that storing things like that in a database is > a Bad Thing. Much better to store the images as files and store the > path in the database. Storing paths and databases in slower than just storing i

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-10 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, "Jay Blanchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. Do not store images in a database, it is just a bad idea from a > performance perspective (as has been covered many times heretofore). rubbish, has been proven other wise, you are quoting old wives tales Please provide

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-10 Thread Larry Garfield
On Monday 10 July 2006 09:31, Peter Lauri wrote: > [snip] > 1. Do not store images in a database, it is just a bad idea from a > performance perspective (as has been covered many times heretofore). > [/snip] > > Is that really the case? Is this not depending on the application? :) My > application

Re: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-10 Thread Austin Denyer
Peter Lauri wrote: > > [snip] > 1. Do not store images in a database, it is just a bad idea from a > performance perspective (as has been covered many times heretofore). > [/snip] > > Is that really the case? Is this not depending on the application? :) My > application will never grow, and I can

RE: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-10 Thread Peter Lauri
[snip] 1. Do not store images in a database, it is just a bad idea from a performance perspective (as has been covered many times heretofore). [/snip] Is that really the case? Is this not depending on the application? :) My application will never grow, and I can easily just change the file storag

RE: [PHP] GD to database directly

2006-07-10 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I am creating images via GD and want to save them to the database. Right now I save them to the disk and then save them to the database. Is it possible to write them directly to the database and skip the middle step where I temporary write it to the hard disk? [/snip] 1. Do not store images

Re: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-23 Thread chris smith
On 6/24/06, Beauford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Honestly, I've never seen anything so ridiculous. How is one to know that in order to get one program to work you have to install 28 others. I'm not trying to be a smart ass here, but seriously - No where in any documentation I've read does it say I

RE: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-23 Thread Beauford
e some time if I had though. Thanks to everyone. B -Original Message- From: chris smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 23, 2006 6:11 PM To: Beauford Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] GD problems On 6/24/06, Beauford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here

Re: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-23 Thread chris smith
On 6/24/06, Beauford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here's something else I just noticed. When I run the script below in Windows it works fine, in Linux I get this error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function bcmod() in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/home/cap.php on line 62 David told you about this

RE: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-23 Thread Beauford
I'm missing in Linux that is required by these scripts? This is what I've been fighting with the last two weeks. Thanks for all the help. -Original Message- From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 23, 2006 2:20 AM To: Beauford Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [P

RE: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-23 Thread Beauford
Here's something else I just noticed. When I run the script below in Windows it works fine, in Linux I get this error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function bcmod() in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/home/cap.php on line 62 This is line 62: $pos_x = bcmod($code,$size_x-60) +3; Linux is running PHP

Re: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-22 Thread Chris
Beauford wrote: Since I know nothing of how this works, does this actually create a physical image, and if it does I'm assuming it would be in the originating directory from where the script was run - if this is the case, I got nothing. This is a moot point now as I have done what I need withou

RE: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-22 Thread Beauford
Since I know nothing of how this works, does this actually create a physical image, and if it does I'm assuming it would be in the originating directory from where the script was run - if this is the case, I got nothing. This is a moot point now as I have done what I need without using gd, but it

RE: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-22 Thread Richard Lynch
On Wed, June 21, 2006 1:06 pm, Beauford wrote: > This is the output from . As far as I can > tell, > jpeg support is enabled. It also says it is if I run phpinfo(). Yet is > still > doesn't work. > > Anyone know of a way I can test this further. A small script perhaps. -- Like Music? http://l-i

RE: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-21 Thread David Robley
Beauford wrote: > > There is something wonky with gd. I completely reinstalled Slackware > today, including PHP, gd, and all the other stuff - and still nothing. > > I downloaded 5 separate captcha scripts and only got one to work. The code > in all of them is very similar in that it creates a

RE: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-21 Thread Beauford
and numbers. Here is the entire code from one that doesn't work. -Original Message- From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 21, 2006 8:41 PM To: Beauford Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] GD problems Beauford wrote: > This is the output from . As far

Re: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-21 Thread Chris
Beauford wrote: This is the output from . As far as I can tell, jpeg support is enabled. It also says it is if I run phpinfo(). Yet is still doesn't work. Show us some code that "doesn't work" and you'll probably get some suggestions. -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.co

RE: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-21 Thread Beauford
ot;WBMP Support"]=> bool(true) ["XPM Support"]=> bool(false) ["XBM Support"]=> bool(true) ["JIS-mapped Japanese Font Support"]=> bool(false) } -Original Message- From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 20, 2006 8:51 PM To: Beauford Cc

Re: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-20 Thread Chris
Beauford wrote: After my last email I searched around some more and found the following. /Q: gd keeps saying it can't find png or jpeg support. I did install libpng and libjpeg. What am I missing?/ /A: Be sure to do "make install-headers" for libpng and "make install-lib" for libjpeg, in addit

Re: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-19 Thread Chris
Beauford wrote: What surprises me about this is that no one in the various forums, newsgroups, email lists, etc. can offer a solution. I'm sure I'm not the only one that's had this problem. I can't even get an answer from the gd forums or faq's. I offered the solution - install the header files

RE: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-19 Thread Beauford
an find a captcha program that doesn't use gd, or (shudder) move my web server to Windows. Thanks again -Original Message- From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 19, 2006 10:14 PM To: Beauford Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] GD problems Beauford wrote: > Th

RE: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-19 Thread David Robley
me 5 minutes in Windows to get this working. As you can see I'm way > pass frustrated. > > Thanks again > > -Original Message- > From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: June 19, 2006 9:10 PM > To: Beauford > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Su

Re: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-19 Thread Chris
Beauford wrote: Thanks for the reply, but what are these for then - libpng and libjpeg? No where does it say I need anything else. I have searched and searched for information on installing this and never have I seen anything about -devel packages. Even in the link I gave it says nothing about th

RE: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-19 Thread Beauford
can see I'm way pass frustrated. Thanks again -Original Message- From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 19, 2006 9:10 PM To: Beauford Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] GD problems Beauford wrote: > Hi again, > > I started again to see if I cou

Re: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-19 Thread Chris
Beauford wrote: Hi again, I started again to see if I could get it to work. I first removed everything (libpng, libjpeg, zlib, and PHP). Then as before I followed the info in the link below. Now I get the following when I run make for PHP. Note also that I can not compile gd on it's own, I had t

RE: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-19 Thread Beauford
Hi again, I started again to see if I could get it to work. I first removed everything (libpng, libjpeg, zlib, and PHP). Then as before I followed the info in the link below. Now I get the following when I run make for PHP. Note also that I can not compile gd on it's own, I had to find a Slackware

Re: [PHP] GD problems

2006-06-19 Thread Richard Lynch
On Mon, June 19, 2006 5:43 pm, Beauford wrote: > I finally broke down and reinstalled PHP using the info from the site > below, > but GD is still not working. Phpinfo() shows it is enabled, as are the > other > libraries. So I'm lost as to what I am missing? > > http://tanksoftware.com/tutes/instal

Re: [PHP] GD

2006-06-13 Thread Richard Lynch
On windows, you just take out the ; in the line with php_gd2.dll in your php.ini file php.net has to be in the directory noted in And your extension_dir in php.ini has to be the directory where php_gd2.dll lives. On Mon, June 12, 2006 6:11 pm, Beauford wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to get GD wor

Re: [PHP] GD

2006-06-13 Thread Tom Ray [Lists]
Beauford wrote: I'm using Slackware 10 and installed GD as an install package. I also changed some lines in the php.ini file for GD. Tom: I have no idea how this program works, all I know is that I need it for the captcha program to display the image. I wouldn't even bother otherwise. Thanks.

RE: [PHP] GD

2006-06-12 Thread Beauford
ks. B -Original Message- From: Ray Hauge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 12, 2006 7:35 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Cc: Beauford Subject: Re: [PHP] GD On Monday 12 June 2006 16:11, Beauford wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to get GD working so I can use a captcha script and not &g

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