[wplug] phplot problems

[Russ Schneider]

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, John M. Rocker wrote:

> PHPlot Quickstart
> This page will test to see if you have GD and PHP set up to view images
> correctly. You should see at least one of the three images below.
> 
> Test to see if GIF graphs work
> Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imagegif() in
> /var/www/html/phplot/phplot-4.4.6/examples/test_setup.php on line 29

From: http://www.boutell.com/gd/faq.html

"When will you put GIF support back into gd?

Many have asked whether gd will support reading and creating GIF files 
again, since we have passed June 20th, 2003, when the well-known Unisys 
LZW patent expired in the US. Although this patent has expired in the 
United States, this patent does not expire for another year in the rest of 
the world. Since I have no way of limiting distribution of 
GIF-reading-and-creating code to US users only that is guaranteed to 
please somebody else's lawyer, I have opted to follow the same policy that 
the ImageMagick authors are following: GIF support will not reappear in gd 
until the patent expires world-wide on July 7th, 2004. I realize this 
situation is frustrating for many; please direct your anger and complaints 
toward the questionable patent system that allows the patenting of such 
straightforward algorithms in the first place. Thank you!"

Older versions of GD still have GIF support.  The libraries are still out 
there if you wish to compile them yourself.

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