How to check if GD is enabled in PHP?

The GD library is required to create and manipulate images in PHP. You need to enable GD library support for working with image functions in PHP. Here we’ll show you how to install GD library in PHP on Windows server.

In order to install PHP GD support on Windows server, follow the below steps.

• At first make sure the php_gd2.dll file is exists in extensions directory of PHP folder.
• If php_gd2.dll file is not present in extensions directory, download it from here and insert the php_gd2.dll file to the extensions directory.
• Open the php.ini file in a text editor and check whether the php_gd2.dll extension has already been added. (;extension=php_gd2.dll)
• If ;extension=php_gd2.dll is exists in php.ini file, enable GD extension by uncommenting the extension=php_gd2.dll line. Uncomment can be done by deleting the leading

  extension=php_gd2.dll
  

  0 from the extension.

  // change the following line from ...
  ;extension=php_gd2.dll
  
  // ... to
  extension=php_gd2.dll
  

• To include php_gd2.dll as an extension, add the following line in php.ini.

  extension=php_gd2.dll
  

• Restart the Windows server.

Use the phpinfo() method to check whether the GD library is installed in the PHP server. It will display information about the PHP’s configuration. Search for GD Support, you’ll see the information about the GD configuration.

Follow the same steps mentioned above to install the PHP GD library in XAMPP or WAMP localhost server.

GD is an open-source code library that is required to create and manipulate images in PHP. It is used for creating PNG, JPEG, and GIF images. It is commonly used to create charts, graphics, thumbnails, etc, and website development is the most common application of GD. It was originally developed by Thomas Boutell and is now maintained by Pierre-A. Joye under the umbrella of PHP.net. The GD library support should be enabled for working with image functions in PHP. In this article we will learn how to install PHP GD in windows:

Installing PHP GD in Windows

To install the PHP GD follow the following steps:

Step 1: Install XAMPP in your windows system.

Step 2: Verify if GD is already installed or not. So to verify GD we need to follow the following steps:

• Open XAMPP and click on the start button in front of Apache and MySQL to start php server, and go to the admin.

• A web page will open. Go to the ‘PHPInfo’ option on the top of the page.

• A PHPInfo dashboard will open up. 

• Scroll down the page and search for ‘gd’. If present, GD is already installed.

If ‘gd’ is not present on the phpinfo page, you can follow the next to install GD.

Step 3: Locate and open php.ini in your editor.

Step 4: Find ;extension=gd.

Step 5: Remove semicolon from ;extension=gd and save the file.

Step 6: Go to php folder. It is usually present in C:\xampp.

Step 7: Look for php_gd.dll in the ext folder.

Step 8: Copy php_gd.dll and paste it into the following folder.

C:\Windows\System32

Step 9: Restart the XAMPP server. Now use the phpinfo() method as mentioned in step 2 to check whether the GD library is installed in the PHP server. It will show information about the PHP’s configuration.

GD Library is a program installed on the server that allows programs to manipulate graphics. GD (Graphics Draw) can create images using line, arcs, texts, and multiple colors. GD is extensively used with PHP, so you can manipulate images in your PHP coding.

Is GD Library installed?

Yes, GD library is already installed on all of our servers. You can verify this information by checking in your phpinfo.php page. If you do not have a phpinfo.php page in your public_html folder you may want to create one.

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