Posted by NC on 10/05/06 23:39

comp.lang.php wrote:
> re:
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=swedish+flag&btnG=Google+Search
>
> I am trying only this:
>
> [PHP]
> $image = @imagecreatefromgif('/path/to/this/image.gif');
> [/PHP]
>
> This line alone causes a segfault on my machine; when I measured how
> much memory it took to process this, it literally required up to 100+mb
> of memory to process a GIF image that is only 953 bytes!!!
>
> Is this normal behavior for imagecreatefromgif()?

No. It's possible your copy of GD is damaged. Try reinstalling GD.

Cheers,
NC

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