--- title: "Fwd: New Windows/others dependencies for bundled GD in PHP 8.6?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/fwd-new-windows-others-dependencies-for-bundled-gd-in-php-8-6--evxd7g1ul source_url: https://externals.io/message/131703 type: article source: "externals.io" published: 2026-07-02T08:57:05.796Z updated: 2026-07-02T08:57:25.393Z tags: ["php", "image-processing"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Fwd: New Windows/others dependencies for bundled GD in PHP 8.6? **[externals.io](https://daily.dev/sources/externals)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Pierre Joye has synchronized PHP's bundled libgd with the libgd 2.4 development codebase as part of work targeting PHP 8.6. The sync adds support for new image format libraries: libjxl (JPEG XL), libultrahdr (Ultra HDR), and libheif (HEIF/HEVC/AV1). Windows builds have been updated in winlibs with working builds for libjxl and libultrahdr, and libheif built with HEVC and AV1 codec support. The main outstanding issue is updating PHP's VS18 dependency manifest so Windows CI can detect and enable these libraries, plus adding them for Ubuntu/Alpine runners. Pierre is asking the internals list for guidance on the proper process to add new packages to the dependency manifest while PHP 8.6 is still in alpha. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#image-processing](https://daily.dev/tags/image-processing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/fwd-new-windows-others-dependencies-for-bundled-gd-in-php-8-6--evxd7g1ul)