Unable to get images to display

Hi everyone. I’ve just installed MODx 1.0.4 and I’m having trouble getting images to display.

Instead of an image, I just get a bounding-box with a ’broken page’ icon in the corner and \"\" come after it. When I go to View Image (in Firefox), I get this message: The requested URL /\"assets/images/under-construction.jpg\" was not found on this server.

The ’File browser’/’File base’ paths etc are all set to their defaults and I’m really not sure what else to try. Have I missed a setting somewhere?

Thanks in advance!

Could you provide a link to where this is happening?

You’re using a template variable to select an image? How is it being shown in your template?

Hi Mark - that was quick!

Ok, here’s a link to the page: http://www.worldimpactcentre.com/index.php?id=2

Template is set to ’(blank)’ and all I’ve done is inserted the image using TinyMCE. The source code looks like this:


Any ideas?

<p><img src=\"assets/images/under-construction.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"500\" /></p>

Your problem is that your server is configured with PHP using magic_quotes_gpc set to On. It adds the extra \ before every quote mark. You need to either turn that Off or use a stripslashes() function somewhere to get rid of them.

There’s extra quotes (") being escaped within the string.... making HTML believe it is part of the link.



should be



Did you add in the quotes yourself?

A simple test @ http://markhamstra.nl/modx/img-test.html works for me.

Ahh, weird. The extra quotes I thought was just a MODx thing - though it did seem a little excessive. How do I get rid of those?

Also, with the stripslashes() tag, whereabouts should that go in the code?

Create a php.ini file in your root directory and add:



http://php.net/manual/en/security.magicquotes.disabling.php

You may need to check with your web host that they allow you to add your own php.ini file.

Strip slashes (weird, unless purposely added):

A custom php.ini file has to be included in every directory that has a .php script running; in our case you need one in the manager directory and in the MODx install root (since both run their own index.php files)

Hi hotdiggity, sottwell.

I did a quick re-install just to eliminate any other possible causes - this time with the Sample Site included. Strangely, the images on that seem fine! (check here: http://www.worldimpactcentre.com/index.php?id=1). BUT, the \"\" is still shows up on TinyMCE-inserted images. No extra coding has been added on my end.

So, as suggested I added a php.ini file into both the root and manager directories with the line magic_quotes_gpc = Off but now I get this error:

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 1375 is not allowed to access /tmp owned by uid 0 in /home/worldimp/public_html/manager/includes/config.inc.php on line 60

Fatal error: session_start() [<a href=’function.session-start’>function.session-start</a>]: Failed to initialize storage module: files (path: ) in /home/worldimp/public_html/manager/includes/config.inc.php on line 60


Looks like some kinda security counter-measure, so I guess this way’s a no-go.
Is there anything I could add/adjust on the server end? I have full access to the cpanel admin page fyi.

Hi all, I don’t mean to pester but this is getting a bit urgent.

Is there any work around to get rid of the \"\" without getting that error message?