need help with activating gd support

[Salazar]

I set up a webserver on my localhost (php, mysql, apache) but gd support doesn't work. I checked the phpinfo() - no gd there!

Can anyone help me activating it?

[filburt1]

Uncomment the lines for GD in php.ini. You may need to change the extensions_dir attribute as well. Remember to restart Apache when changing php.ini.

[Salazar]

Thanks filburt, that did the trick!

(btw, why is gd support disabled by default?)

[filburt1]

Good question. I thought it's enabled by default on Unix installations.