[ubuntu-uk] Server OS Suggestion

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

Quoting Andrew Ball <aball at students.prairiestate.edu>:

>
> Hello Matthew,
>
>   ASB> Or X11?!  ;-)
>
>   MMW> That one's easy, some of the PHP libraries that use
>      > GD and similar rely on the underlying X11
>      > functionality.
>
> I use php, but what is "GD"?
>
> - Andy Ball.

LibGD allows you to create graphics on the fly using PHP.

This means that you can use data in a database to create graphs on the  
fly by calling the php-script instead of an image:

<img src="graph.php">

This executes the php script and puts an image in its place.

It's definitely worth a look, used properly it can work really well!

M.

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Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
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