>
> Many, many thanks for the detailed advice. It all makes
> sense. One part I forget to detail is the fact that I need
> the gd (or gd2) library. Is there a way to create a "so" for
> the libgd? The version of php that is already loaded with
> FC2 is 4.3.11 and I did not pursue hard enough getting a
> tarball of it from php. I now found it, so I can follow your
> schema and make the custom version with Interbase, but I need
> to find out how to incorporate the gd lib.
>
> Todd

Exactly the same way you 'roll your own' interbase.so

Using your current './configure' command from your current PHP install,
simply add on the --enable-gd.

Search these archives for 'HANDY' - there's a complete guide to rolling
modules into PHP for Firebird use - it's exactly the same for other modules!
;-)

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