Add WebP support to GD (PHP Module)

BoxMan

• August 09, 2016 19:22

In order to clarify the issue I don't have any problem with install PHP with GD enabled but when I want to use imagewebp() I got an error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagewebp()
After searching about the error I find the problem. I need to install GD --with-vpx-dir=DIR as I see in PHP.net: GD Installing/Configuring I know EasyApache will search for additional GD feature libraries (PHP Module: GD): [LIST]

JPEG support > if find > libjpeg.so

PNG support > if find > libpng.so

XPM support > if find > libXpm.so But what about WebP? is this something like this: [LIST]

WebP support > if find > libvpx.so I installed libvpx & libvpx-devel and after that I find libvpx.so as same path as libXpm.so and other *.so than I rebuild EasyApache and I expected see --with-vpx-dir=DIR in my phpinfo() configure command section, but nothing different and if I use imagewebp() got the error. Where am I wrong? and how to enable imagewebp() on my server (CentOS 7 - 64bit).

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  cPanelMichael

  • August 16, 2016 18:25

  Hello, Could you let us know if the system uses EasyApache 3, or EasyApache 4? With EasyApache 3, you can use raw opts as documented at: Raw Opts - EasyApache - cPanel Documentation Information about an EasyApache 4 equivalent is discussed on the following thread: EA4 equivalent for php rawopts ? Thank you.

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  BoxMan

  • August 19, 2016 12:29

  Thanks for useful link. I use EasyApache 3 and PHP 5. So I must create file:
  /var/cpanel/easy/apache/rawopts/all_php5
  with this content:
  --with-vpx-dir --path-to-vpx-dir=/usr/lib64/libvpx.so --my-option= --with-webp-dir --path-to-webp-dir=/usr/lib64/libwebp.so --my-option=
  And than rebuild, is it true?

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  JacobPerkins

  • August 22, 2016 12:19

  Hi BoxMan, This *should* work, but attempt it and see how it works.

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  BoxMan

  • August 23, 2016 22:43

  thanks, but no change. it's not work for me. I do as I said in last post.

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  cPanelMichael

  • August 25, 2016 19:41

  --with-vpx-dir --path-to-vpx-dir=/usr/lib64/libvpx.so --my-option= --with-webp-dir --path-to-webp-dir=/usr/lib64/libwebp.so --my-option=

  
  Hello, Try using the following entries before running EasyApache again and let us know if it makes a difference:
  --with-vpx-dir=/usr --with-webp-dir=/usr
  Thank you.

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  BoxMan

  • August 26, 2016 12:44

  hooray !! it's work, really thanks. Codes in box.. ;)

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  SunHunter

  • May 18, 2020 13:24

  Hi, I'm getting exactly the same issue as the original poster but using EasyApache 4 / PHP 7.4. I've read the whole of this post, and would like to install GD using the 'with-webp-dir' option so that the imagewebp() function becomes available, but very stuck on how to do this with EasyApache4 (instructions above were for EA3). I've noticed a file called gd.ini inside /opt/cpanel/ea-php74/root/etc/php.d/ but not sure if it's just a case of appending the 'with-webp-dir' option to that file and then re-running EA? (a bit scared of doing this in case i bork the server) (EDIT: I read on another thread that in EA 3 you could create a 'rawopt' file called 'all_php_5' for PHP configuration options, but an 'all_php_7' equivalent doesn't seem to exist in EA 4 so not sure where'd you'd configure the installation of a specific extension?)

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  SunHunter

  • May 19, 2020 09:57

  Now rolled my own imagewebp() function as I had a live site that needed the functionality (upgraded a site from an older version of PHP that already had the same function). For anyone else, I installed Google's cwebp library and I'm calling it from PHP (works well enough). [CODE=php]exec('cwebp -q ' . $quality . ' ' . $jpegFileName . ' -o ' . $webpFileName);
  (Don't really like relying too much on external libraries, but there doesn't seem much other option here)

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