NYCPHP Meetup

[Aaron Fischer]

Andrew Yochum wrote:

>That aside, I'd suggest going with GD to start.  There is plenty of docs
>out there on the subject, its been around for a while, heavily used,
>well supported, and will take care of your stated needs no problem.
>
>Using ImageMagick will require using the convert/mogrify executables or
>the PECL extension.  The former may not be a bad way to go but you may
>find less docs directly related to use w/ PHP as your interaction with
>it would be building command line args to the executables.  The latter
>looks like its been stalled for quite some time (since June 2004) and
>may be a dead end.  Other wrappers may exist, but you may find them
>wanting.
>  
>

Thanks Andrew.  GD sounds good.  Do you know if they will need to 
recompile PHP or if it's just some ini and/or other changes?

-Aaron