Emerge mod_php with extra support

[Ganimedes]

Hi
I want to be able to generate images on the fly using my apache/php webserver. This isn't installed yet, though - how do I specify what support to emerge?

Thanks a lot
Sam
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[misterLu]

You need gd library.
USE="gd" emerge mod_php will install PHP with support for libgd. This 'll let you 'generate graphics on the fly'

[Ganimedes]

Yeah, I need libjpeg and one more as well - but at least I now know how to do it. Thanks. Sam
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[eZe]

anothe possibility is ImageMagick.
But there´s a pro and contra for ImageMagick on PHP:

+ it supports many image file formats
+ it has more features
+ you can use the external programs that come with ImageMagick
- it is not so stable as the gd support (It is rated as Beta in PECL)
- gd is included in PHP (lib and php-extension for gd)

http://pecl.php.net/package/imagick

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