Blank> You forgot a ")" on the first line of the script:
> Header("Content-type: image/png");
> Alain
Billions and Billions of thank-yous
Ok, now don't laugh, here's the missing context that led to
the gaff ("Newbie Fails to Notice Missing Bracket").
I had 3 different GD test files, none would load, and when
I lifted this one from Weblogs.com (the one you saw appended
to my post) I did nothing (so I thought!) to it except
highlight and copy it from the page. And now, in the glare of
20/20 hindsight, I could at last see that each graphic test file
actually had a different reason for failing to load, not one reason
(i was stuck on the idea that I had misconfigured GD
somewhere), e.g., path misinformation in one test file, a typo in
another (the missing bracket), forgetting to update a font
path in another test file, not using a class object properly
in another..As soon as I saw your reply I added the missing
bracket, whereupon THAT file loaded fine, whereupon I then knew
that GD was not misconfigured, whereupon alternative thoughts
about each other graphic test file emerged, whereupon
the DIFFERENT errors in each one suddenly became visible.
Whereupon, There Was Light From GD. And It Was Good.
Thus, although your kindly one-liner to this newbie may
be buried in a mountain of disinterested eye-rolling
from the php literati (the regulars here), I just wanted you
to know that your itsy bitsy reply ended 2 weeks of
hair-pulling for one newbie's first ever GD install, config,
and--just a minutes ago--use. So, Thanks a billion.
GD works. So does this mailing list. World peace
now seems inevitable.
[Ps. I include all of the dull details above just in case
even one struggling php neonate finds them useful,
comedic, or in any way reassuring. Don't be afraid to
post dumb questions (assuming manuals, online
articles, forum postings, and mailing list archives
are searched through first!].
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