While Apple’s included PHP configuration included with Apache is getting better and better, it is still far from complete.

First thing that it’s missing is support for GD library, which, if you are looking to manipulate images via PHP, is simply essential.

While there are a bunch of other ways to run PHP (XAMPP, MAMP and others), I like using the Apache and PHP that come with Leo and build on top of that (like a true geek).

Here’s how to compile GD for your PHP…

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