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narrow fog Jan 19, 2025, 2:43 PM

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I'm a windows user. And I need to have a php extenstion called gd2 to download the Laravel package: 'maatwebsite/excel '. When you download PHP version 8.4 it doesn't have that extension build in. I have no Ubuntu system to download the extension. Can someone explain to me how I can add a extension? Google isn't showing me a helpful solution.

eager karma Jan 19, 2025, 4:35 PM

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open php.ini and check extension=gd enabled

narrow fog Jan 19, 2025, 5:19 PM

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That one is enabled. But there seems to be a gd2 that's not inside my php.ini file

eager karma Jan 19, 2025, 5:28 PM

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gd2 changed to gd starting from php 8.0
https://php.watch/versions/8.0/gd2-gd-windows

PHP.Watch

PHP 8.0: GD Extension: Windows DLL file name changed from `php_gd2....

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run php -v

and make sure you're using correct version

narrow fog Jan 19, 2025, 5:36 PM

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I'm using the php 8.4 version

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