# GIF support for PHP4(/5)

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/11210
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/11210
- Started by Tobias Schlitt on 2004-07-14T05:24:58+00:00
- Messages: 3
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## #11214 — Johannes Schlueter — 2004-07-14T01:02:58+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/11210#11214 · In reply to: #11210

Hi Toby,

Tobias Schlitt wrote:
> So, please do all those poor souls a big favor and reintegrate the GIF
> creation support back into an actual PHP version (4.3.9 / 5.1.0??).

check the archives. This was discuessed just some days ago and if I remeber
right Gif will be in the next versions (4.3.9 and 5.0.1), after the patches
had been QA-ed.

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-dev&w=2&r=1&s=Gif&q=b

johannes

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## #11210 — Tobias Schlitt — 2004-07-14T05:24:58+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/11210#11210

Hi all!

I definitly know, that GIF is an outdated and today a bit crappy 
graphics format and that PNG is much nicer and cooler. Myself would not 
even use the GIF creation in PHP anymore and did not do for years.

But beside that I know, that there still are (huge) companies, which 
force their employees to be compatible to very very outdated browsers 
(NS 4 and below), which do not support PNG. And if you want to create a 
website that really works in every browser the same, you cannot count on 
GIF, since some more actual browsers still do not support PNG 
transparency correctly.

So, please do all those poor souls a big favor and reintegrate the GIF 
creation support back into an actual PHP version (4.3.9 / 5.1.0??).

Thanks a lot in advance!
Regards,
Toby
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## #11211 — Tobias Schlitt — 2004-07-14T05:30:48+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/11210#11211 · In reply to: #11210

Sorry, it's late here...

> website that really works in every browser the same, you cannot count on 
> GIF, since some more actual browsers still do not support PNG 

s/GIF/PNG/

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