I'm trying to install the whole snort/apache/mysql/acid thing and I'm having problems with phplot.

I installed apache 2.0.52 to /usr/local/apache2 and untared all of phplot to the folder /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/phplot. I also have php 5.0.2 installed. When I run http://localhost/phplot/examples/test_setup.php it fails like so:

...stuff that appears to work
Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagetypes() in /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/phplot/examples/test_setup.php on line 29

I think that imagetypes() is a php function so my first thought is the problem is with php5. However my simple php test script: <?php phpinfo(); ?> seems to work so that makes me think it might be phplot.

Any ideas of how to fix this?

Well, from a quick check of the phplot website I see that they only mention phplot being compatable with php version 3 or 4. So it looks like you'll have to settle for php4.

Yes I did notice that, but I'm wondering if php 5 should work anyway (like versions are backwards compatible or something). I looked at the imagetypes() function and it says its from these versions of php: (PHP 3 CVS only, PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5) So all in all it looks rather new, as in likely php 4.0.2.

Is anyone an expert at php here that might have an idea of why php is choking?