How to properly configure GD support for PHP? I get an imagettfbbox () error message

Question

Using Symfony2.0 and the Gregwar Captcha Bundle for Symfony 2.0 Operating System: Mac OS 10.10 (Yosemite)

After installing the CaptchaBundle in accordance with the instructions for the first use, I get the following error:

Fatal error: calling the undefinedGregwar \ CaptchaBundle \ Generator \ imagettfbbox () function in /Users/pgbonino/Sites/preparatest/vendor/bundles/Gregwar/CaptchaBundle/Generator/CaptchaGenerator.php on line 176

My phpinfo reports this:

<h2><a name="module_gd">gd</a></h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" width="600"> <tbody><tr><td class="e">GD Support </td><td class="v">enabled </td></tr> <tr><td class="e">GD Version </td><td class="v">bundled (2.1.0 compatible) </td></tr> <tr><td class="e">GIF Read Support </td><td class="v">enabled </td></tr> <tr><td class="e">GIF Create Support </td><td class="v">enabled </td></tr> <tr><td class="e">JPEG Support </td><td class="v">enabled </td></tr> <tr><td class="e">libJPEG Version </td><td class="v">9 compatible </td></tr> <tr><td class="e">WBMP Support </td><td class="v">enabled </td></tr> <tr><td class="e">XBM Support </td><td class="v">enabled </td></tr> </tbody></table> 

So, it is obvious that the GD module is loaded correctly.

Any idea on the error I am getting?

Answer 1

Comparing your phpinfo () output with mine, I found that although GD is active, FreeType is missing from your PHP installation. The php docs on imagettfbbox () say that "this function requires both the GD library and the FreeType library."

Here is the relevant section of my phpinfo ():

 gd GD Support enabled GD Version bundled (2.1.0 compatible) FreeType Support enabled FreeType Linkage with freetype FreeType Version 2.5.3 GIF Read Support enabled GIF Create Support enabled JPEG Support enabled libJPEG Version 8 PNG Support enabled libPNG Version 1.6.13 WBMP Support enabled XBM Support enabled 

In the Configure Command block at the beginning of phpinfo, freetype should also be specified:

'./configure' '--prefix = / usr / local / Cellar / php55 / 5.5.18' '--localstatedir = / usr / local / var' '--sysconfdir = / usr / local / etc / php / 5.5 '' --with-config-file-path = / usr / local / etc / php / 5.5 '' --with-config-file-scan-dir = / usr / local / etc / php / 5.5 / conf.d '' --with-iconv-dir = / usr '' --enable-dba '' --with-ndbm = / usr '' --enable-exif '' --enable-intl '' - enable-soap ' '--enable-wddx' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-sockets'' --enable-zip '' --enable-shmop '' --enable-sysvsem '' --enable -sysvshm '' --enable-sysvmsg '' --enable-mbstring '' --enable-mbregex '' --enable-bcmath '' --enable-calendar '' --with-zlib = / usr / local / opt / zlib ' '--with-ldap' '--with-ldap-sasl = / usr' '--with-xmlrpc' '--with-kerberos = / usr' '--with-gd' '- enable-gd-native -ttf ' ' - with-freetype-dir = / usr / local / opt / freetype ' ' --with-icu-dir = / usr / local / opt / icu4c '' --with-jpeg-dir = / usr / local / opt / jpeg '' --with-png-dir = / usr / local / opt / libpng '' --with-gettext = / usr / local / opt / gettext '' --with-libedit '' - with-unixODBC = / usr / loc al / opt / unixodbc '' --with-pdo-od bc = unixODBC, / usr / local / opt / unixodbc '' --mandir = / usr / local / Cellar / php55 / 5.5.18 / share / man '' --with-mhash '' --with-curl '' --with-snmp = / usr '' --with-bz2 = / usr '' --disable-debug '' --with-openssl = / usr ' '--with-xsl = / usr' '- with -apxs2 = / usr / sbin / apxs'' --libexecdir = / usr / local / Cellar / php55 / 5.5.18 / libexec '' --with-mysql- sock = / tmp / mysql.sock '' --with -mysqli = mysqlnd '' --with-mysql = mysqlnd '' --with-pdo-mysql = mysqlnd '' --enable-pcntl '' --enable- zend-signals '' --enable-dtrace '' - -enable-opcache

POSSIBLE SOLUTION

From the comments on my instructions for installing full PHP on OSX Yosemite, I know that you installed PHP using the Homebrew package manager. So you can try this to solve your problem:

 brew install freetype