Captcha using TTF & GD

[oxicottin]

I have Wamp5 so im going to search on thier site to see about it... I will post later

Thanks,
Chad

[Woodymon]

I have Wamp5 so im going to search on thier site to see about it... I will post later

GD is built into recent versions of PHP. You just need to enable it.

To enable gd you will need to edit the php config file php.ini.

In your case, start wamp, and left click on the wamp tray icon -> config files -> php.ini

to enable gd2 find:
;extension=php_gd2.dll

to enable it you need to remove the semi-colon in front, so change it to:
extension=php_gd2.dll

Then save the file and restart apache for the new settings to take effect.

-Woody

[oxicottin]

I was reading that on wamp5 forum when you posted but the newest one you can take it from an extension in a list ect. anyway long story short It works !!!

Thanks,
Chad

[Jeffey]

Got your PM Chad but it looks like Woody has done it again and got you to working status. He's always a great help.

I'm not there yet but I hope my point, reiterated by Woody, helped.

[oxicottin]

Yes woodyman streightened me out! Thanks for the help!!

[oxicottin]

Well I uploaded the Captcha to my website and inserted the SQL. everything is working except there is no picture in the box? It says "Enable this picture" I went into the admin/configuration/captcha and tried jpg,png and gif. What can I do to fix this?

Thanks,
Chad

[a_berezin]

everything is working except there is no picture in the box?

What box???

[Jeffey]

Read my PM to you about this Chad and my first note aboout #121 in this thread (which says the same thing but maybe less clear then my PM), that's all I had to do to solve the same problem.

Remove the two lines:

ob_start() and ob_end_clean()

from the Captcha_img.php and try again.

I'm sure the forum can help with any other potential issues but this fix has worked for many including myself and the Woodman.

[oxicottin]

That was the problem!!! I will have to write this in my personal tutorial on a fix issue. Thanks once again!!

[Jeffey]

Once you get done, I (and everyone else!) suggest you download everything despite how long it takes so you always have the local copy. That way when you make tweaks here and there that go wrong you can always put back the working copy/file.

In my case when I moved the site to an upper level in the directory I kept the old one two and when I make changes I use the old site as a test site. Changes I successfully make go in both so they are always relatively identical (with the exception of products which I don't worry too much about as long as some are there to play with). This, too, is usually the advice from the top Zenners.

Finally, I keep a copy of the add-ons as downloaded so I can also compare to see what changes I've made. I started a log type process but it's too hard for me to keep it organized enough for me to track stuff down the road. This copy is good too if you want to remove the add-on for conflict, etc., it provides the map of the files you need to remove or edit out changes directed by the add-on.

I'm a little more anal than most probably but if it prevents a huge problem in the future it will pay off.

Food for thought.