That "libgd was not built with TrueType font support" message comes from the GD library itself, not PHP.

Did you compile the GD library with TrueType font support?

--Wez.

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User Comment:

Heh, sure...
By default GD doesn't compile without freetype installed.

Today here's what I've tried :

FreeBSD 4.3 :

Apache 1.3.20 + PHP 4.04pl1 + lib GD 1.8.3 + freetype 1.3.1 << doesn't work

Apache 1.3.20 + PHP 4.06 + lib GD 1.8.3 + freetype 1.3.1 << doesn't work

Apache 1.3.20 + PHP 4.06 + lib GD 1.8.4 + freetype 2.0.4 << doesn't work

Apache 1.3.20 + PHP 4.06 + lib GD 2.0.1.beta + freetype 2.0.4 << doesn't work


Linux 2.2 :

Apache 1.3.20 + PHP 4.03pl1 + lib GD 1.8.3 + freetype 1.3.1 << worked

Apache 1.3.20 + PHP 4.06 + lib GD 1.8.4 + freetype 2.0.4 << doesn't work


The only difference in the version that works is PHP is not a dynamic module.

Are you really, really sure that GD is linked with freetype support??

"By default GD doesn't compile without freetype installed"
That statement is not correct in any of the GD sources that I have seen; you need to explicitly enable TTF/Freetype support in the makefiles.

Can you successfully run the GD test programs that work with TTF/Freetype? (if there are any).

--Wez.

Try this short program:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "gd.h"

int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
  gdImagePtr im;

  im = gdImageCreate(100,100);
  printf("TTF returns %s\n",
    gdImageStringTTF(im, NULL, 1, "dummy.ttf",
      12, 0, 0, 0, "test"));
  gdImageDestroy (im);
  return 0;
}

Then do:
gcc gdttf.c -lgd -ljpeg -lpng -lfreetype -lm

Try -lttf instead of -lfreetype, depending on which you have installed.

If you still get the "libgd was not built with TrueType font support", then you haven't build gd with TrueType font support.

If you get any other error, then something screwy is going on.

--Wez.

oops... I had to reply here... sorry.

Re

True, for GD I always have this in the Makefile :
CFLAGS=-O -DHAVE_LIBPNG -DHAVE_LIBJPEG -DHAVE_LIBFREETYPE
LIBS=-lgd -lpng -lz -ljpeg -lfreetype -lm

Can you successfully run the GD test programs that work with TTF/Freetype? (if there are any).

Yes.
I modified gdtestft.c to load the arial font instead of the "times" one by default.
http://www.documents.cyberabuse.org/fttest.png

Another proof of GD having freetype compiled with it is the phpinfo() result :

FreeType Support enabled 
FreeType Linkage with freetype 
(with freetype 2)

FreeType Support enabled 
FreeType Linkage with TTF library
(with freetype 1)

If phpinfo() says it's ok and then the function says it's bugged... then I say something is wrong.

The only thing that I can think of is that you have and older version of libgd.so or libgd.a hanging around that is mistakenly being linked in instead of the one you were expecting, and that configure found.

Please look around your system to see if that is the case; I would recommend moving the duplicates to some not in the lib path temporarily while compiling PHP and see if you still have the same problem.

--Wez.

Re

No Way...

That's not the case.

And I have the same error on :
2 FreeBSD 4.3 box
1 linux 2.4.6 box

I say when you compile PHP 4.0.4/4.0.5/4.0.6 as a DSO module, truetype font support is screwed...

It's a GD 1.8.4 problem:
It has both ttf and freetype support in different files; you built it with freetype support, and PHP expects it to use TTF functions, which GD reports are not there.
This problem is not present in GD 2.0.1; the TTF functions call the FT functions instead.
I'll work up a patch for this case, so that PHP can try and stay ahead.
--Wez.

OK, try either using the latest CVS or changing the following line in ext/gd/gd.c of the PHP sources:

-# if HAVE_LIBGD20 & HAVE_LIBFREETYPE
+# if HAVE_LIBFREETYPE

(It's line 2761 for me in CVS; if you can't find it, look for gdImageStringTTF; it's just above it).

I hope that fixes the problem!

--Wez. 

Re

I am now using :
Apache 1.3.20
PHP 4.0.6 + the GD patch
freetype2 2.0.3.1
gd 1.8.4.2

It works fine.

Thanks wez.