PHP Manual: Retrieve information about the currently installed GD library

Description

array gd_info ( void )

Gets information about the version and capabilities of the installed GD library.

Return Values

Returns an associative array.

**Elements of array returned by gd_info**
Attribute	Meaning
GD Version	string value describing the installed libgd version.
FreeType Support	boolean value. `TRUE` if FreeType Support is installed.
FreeType Linkage	string value describing the way in which FreeType was linked. Expected values are: 'with freetype', 'with TTF library', and 'with unknown library'. This element will only be defined if FreeType Support evaluated to `TRUE`.
T1Lib Support	boolean value. `TRUE` if T1Lib support is included.
GIF Read Support	boolean value. `TRUE` if support for reading GIF images is included.
GIF Create Support	boolean value. `TRUE` if support for creating GIF images is included.
JPEG Support	boolean value. `TRUE` if JPEG support is included.
PNG Support	boolean value. `TRUE` if PNG support is included.
WBMP Support	boolean value. `TRUE` if WBMP support is included.
XBM Support	boolean value. `TRUE` if XBM support is included.
WebP Support	boolean value. `TRUE` if WebP support is included.

Note:
Previous to PHP 5.3.0, the JPEG Support attribute was named JPG Support.

Examples

Example #1 Using gd_info


<?php
var_dump(gd_info());
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

array(9) {
  ["GD Version"]=>
  string(24) "bundled (2.0 compatible)"
  ["FreeType Support"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["T1Lib Support"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["GIF Read Support"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["GIF Create Support"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["JPEG Support"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["PNG Support"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["WBMP Support"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["XBM Support"]=>
  bool(false)
}

Changelog

Version	Description
5.5.0	WebP Support added.
5.3.0	JPG Support attribute renamed to JPEG Support.

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