PHP Error: Extension gd is not found.

[hckyskier]

I'm walking through the initial install and when I attempt to test the connection, I'm getting "PHP Error: Extension gd is not found."

PHP Error: Extension gd is not found. Help???? I'm using XAMPP

[lazovic]

Hello,

In PHP 8:

1. Open XAMPP control panel.
2. Start Apache and MySQL.
3. Click on config option of Apache.
4. Click on php.ini and open it.
5. Press Ctrl+F and search "extension=" or "extension=fileinfo".
6. On the next line to "extension=fileinfo", add "extension=gd".
7. Save the file.
8. Stop Apache and restart it.

In PHP 7 you may need to add extension=gd2 in php.ini file.
You can see your PHP version by searching for "localhost/dashboard" in the browser and then clicking on "PHPinfo" at the top right.
If ";extension=gd" is already there, remove the semicolon and save the file and restart XAMPP.