GD Library/php.ini

[Kimberly]

I can't find a php.ini file anywhere? Do I need to create this? I installed and it is all fine except the GD Library auto thumbnails.

[codegrunt]

"php.ini" is the configuration file used by the webserver to control the default settings for PHP. If you are on a shared host, you may not have access to this file at all. What you should start with is setting up a script like this:

<?php

phpinfo();

?>

If you access that script via your web host, it will show where the ini file is as well as show what the GD library details are (if installed). If the ini file is somewhere you do not have access to, you cannot change it. If the GD libraries are not installed then you are basically out of luck as far as thumbnails go (find a new host).


As an aside, it's hard to make suggestions when you do not provide much detail. At the very least you should have included whatever error message you got that made you go hunting for "php.ini".

Cheers

[Kimberly]

Just following the pre-install instructions of changing things in the php.ini file

GD settings
gd
GD Support enabled
GD Version bundled (2.0.34 compatible)
FreeType Support enabled
FreeType Linkage with freetype
FreeType Version 2.1.9
GIF Read Support enabled
GIF Create Support enabled
JPG Support enabled
PNG Support enabled
WBMP Support enabled
XPM Support enabled
XBM Support enabled