Bug with GD on Mac OS X

[chtito]

Hi!

I installed PHP v.4.3.3 from the entropy.ch distribution http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/ and there seems to be a huge leak that makes it almost impossible to batch add too many photo (like more than 50).

On the other hand everything works smoothly with ImageMagick (which can also be found from entropy.ch), provided that its path is provided with a trailing slash!  :!: (eg. /usr/local/bin/).

cheers

[Joachim Müller]

I don't get the point... How's this related to Coppermine?

GauGau

[chtito]

Well... let me be more specific then. This is a piece of advice to the Mac OS X users using Coppemine:

Use ImageMagick and not GD!

I don't know exactly why, but it uses far less memory. Perhaps i'm wrong about the memory leak.

I post this here because many users use ImageMagick or GD only in relation with Coppermine. Moreover Coppermine uses these libraries in a very cpu and memory consuming way (especially during batch adds) which makes it crucial to choose the right library (GD or IM).

Is it clearer now?

cheers

[AutomatikStudios]

I thought IM and GD were server-side? Or are you talking about OS X as a server?

[Joachim Müller]

well, of course there are differences between GD and IM, but this is clearly "server setup", not coppermine related. You won't start an argument on crowded streets with a car dealer when buying a new car...

GauGau

[chtito]

Yes i meant for Mac OS X users using OS X as a server.

This is coppermine related because coppermine seems to fire up many processes at the same time to create the resized photos and this is precisely what causes me all the trouble.

So let me be more specific:

For people using mac os x as a server for Coppermine i would suggest them to prefer ImageMagick to GD.

Even more specific: i have no idea whether GD or IM is better in general. But for me, with coppermine, IM is clearly better than GD.

Furthermore, i certainly don't wish to start any kind of argument here! This is just my two cents worth of advice. If this post is not relevant for this forum then please remove it.