GD Library not working even though it is enabled in phpinfo()

Question

I am hoping someone here can give me some advice about why my GD Library does not seem to be working even though it is installed and enabled in phpinfo()

Here is a quick rundown of what I am using:

PHP 5.5.16
Ubuntu 12.04
GD 2.1.1-dev (have tried other versions as well to no avail)

As I said gd shows up in phpinfo but it simply doesn't work. I don't get an error. Just a completely blank screen. I have been trying everything I can think to do, but nothing I have tried has worked.

As @MichaelHampton suggests, a blank screen on a PHP page almost always translates to a useful message in your logs. — ceejayoz, Sep 08 '14 at 17:27
I am looking in the error log and I do not see an error. In the access log I see a status of 200. — user3366811, Sep 08 '14 at 17:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '14 at 02:02

You may need to set error_reporting to E_ALL and display_errors to On in your php.ini file in (/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini), restart Apache and refresh the page. You should get some sort of meaningful error.

Create a separate php file with just var_dump(gd_info()); and see what that returns. If it returns info on gd library then it is more than likely a simple syntax error in the code. I would suggest posting your code so we can have a look.

GD Library not working even though it is enabled in phpinfo()

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