[Plugin: Fast Secure Contact Form] GD image support not detected in PHP! – imagepng function not det

  • I can’t find a thing about this particular issue. Normally searching the error message I find people that are dealing with it and eventually have solved it. Not so with this error, all I get are people with non-functioning contact forms. Lots of them too.

    I’m running my own vps so I have total control of the server.

    Running Ubuntu 10.04

    here are the error messages:

    ERROR: si-contact-form.php plugin says GD image support not detected in PHP!

    Contact your web host and ask them why GD image support is not enabled for PHP.

    ERROR: si-contact-form.php plugin says imagepng function not detected in PHP!

    Contact your web host and ask them why imagepng function is not enabled for PHP.

    hopefully someone has seen this and can help

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  • google is your friend:

    https://www.jonathanmoeller.com/screed/?p=1745

    Install the PHP GD Library on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
    The GD Graphics Library is a useful bit of code that lets PHP manipulate digital image files. If you have a WordPress site that has a lot of graphical manipulation, odds are that your site uses the GD Library. That means if you’re running a WordPress site off Ubuntu, not having the GD Library for PHP can cause quite a few problems.

    Fortunately, it’s quite easy to install. On a system that has PHP 5 installed, simply go to a command prompt and type this command:

    sudo apt-get install php5-gd

    Enter your password to authenticate, and apt-get will download and install the GD Library for you. After the installation is complete, any PHP scripts that rely upon the GD Library should now function properly.

    Thread Starter badweather

    (@badweather)

    Hi Mike,

    Thanks for answering this post.

    I don’t normally have to post at all, google generally gives up the “secrets” I need to keep going.

    I usually have great success just grabbing all or part of the error message and googling it. However a search query of: “GD image support not detected in PHP!” only came up with a list of people who’s blogs were broken just like mine. Nothing useful came up with that particular search query on the wordpress forums either.

    That was a little tricky i think, the search query: “php gd Ubuntu 10.04” brings just the info I need, while the exact error message: “GD image support not detected in PHP!” brings nothing terribly useful back other than the clue, that it’s a library within php.

    in hindsight, I realize I should have found it on my own. Breaking a nearly perfect record of not asking any questions in quite some time.

    Thanks again for your help, It works beautifully now

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