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changes in PHP 7.4+
There seems to ba a number of changes on PHP 7.4 which might affect us. for me at least the most notable is:
GD
The behavior of imagecropauto() in the bundled libgd has been synced with that of system libgd:
IMG_CROP_DEFAULT is no longer falling back to IMG_CROP_SIDES Threshold-cropping now uses the algorithm of system libgd
The default $mode parameter of imagecropauto() has been changed to IMG_CROP_DEFAULT; passing -1 is now deprecated.
imagescale() now supports aspect ratio preserving scaling to a fixed height by passing -1 as $new_width.
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The sooner we can get off our reliance on GD the better. It makes a piss-poor job of creating automatic thumbnails.
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Bloke wrote #321775:
The sooner we can get off our reliance on GD the better. It makes a piss-poor job of creating automatic thumbnails.
it is one of the most ubiquitously installed library though, and helps txp work without any real special server specs.
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Yeah, I got caught out with 7.4 on my server playbook. I muddled through the compile flags and I think I’ve mostly got it working as 7.3 was, but I’m still scratching my head on a few things.
We’ve got a few things lined up for the future, including 913 for ImageMagick support, which looks much more promising.
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colak wrote #321777:
it is one of the most ubiquitously installed library though, and helps txp work without any real special server specs.
True. I’m not suggesting we remove it completely, just use it as fallback if no better alternative is present. If you know of any other libraries besides ImageMagick that might be more useful and make a better job of image handling, then by all means suggest them.
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Bloke wrote #321780:
If you know of any other libraries besides ImageMagick that might be more useful and make a better job of image handling, then by all means suggest them.
Would this be of any use in reducing the work involved with ImageMagick integration or improved GD handling? MIT, so appears to be friendly on the licensing.
Edit: there’s also GraphicsMagick that might be worth a look re: integration.
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gaekwad wrote #321781:
Would [Intervention/image] be of any use in reducing the work involved with ImageMagick integration or improved GD handling?
I like the idea of that. Nice that it falls back on GD automatically. Well worth investigating if it has a reasonably small footprint. EDIT: which I guess if it supports Laravel, it doesn’t!
there’s also GraphicsMagick that might be worth a look re: integration.
Woah, that’s heavy. But looks fully featured. Not something we’d necessarily ship with Txp I expect :) I wonder what its penetration level on hosting servers around the world is.
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Bloke wrote #321784:
I like the idea of that. Nice that it falls back on GD automatically. Well worth investigating if it has a reasonably small footprint. EDIT: which I guess if it supports Laravel, it doesn’t!
The Image folder is ~594KB on disk, including the Laravel stuff, presumably that can be pared back.
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My knowledge stops at Gimp, although I like Pete’s recommendations, I would have no idea on how to install them in the server.
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colak wrote #321787:
I would have no idea on how to install them in the server.
I know you’re not asking directly…but please contact me if you ever need to and I will gladly show you the way.
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gaekwad wrote #321788:
I know you’re not asking directly…but please contact me if you ever need to and I will gladly show you the way.
Thanks so much Pete!!!
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