phpThumb doesn't work in MODX Revolution file browser

If i go into my browser in 2.0.8 Revolution I see a bunch of broken links

if i copy the path URL

http://zadesigns.com/connectors/system/phpthumb.php?src=/random_images/vice.jpg&w=159&h=280

I get a thumb that size...

but if i do

http://zadesigns.com/connectors/system/phpthumb.php?src=/random_images/vice.jpg&w=20&h=20 I get a popup to download phpthumb.php and it doesn’t work

Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): Unknown error.

is there any reason why this is happening?

also...

if i got into the /core/cache/phpthumb/ directory via SFTP I can see ALL of the generated thumbs and they are all valid correct images.

so where is the disconnect?

redid all the paths. set the paths to blank, relavive, absolute, / , public_html, and 100 other things.

deleted the files in my server, no matter what I do, the images come up as BROKEN IMAGE LINKS. but if i go into my server and look in the cache/phpthumb folder they are all getting created.

the user is nobody / nobody for chown Do you think that is causing the manager to not load them? crazy thing is that the manager can pull them up once i select them but the thumbnail is busted. this is definetally a bug. I did it on another modx 2.0.8 and the thumbnails showed up! WOOOOO! then i logged out and logged in 2 hours later and broken thumbnail images. something is certainly wrong.

Have you checked your server logs?

And have you enabled debug mode in phpThumb? It might kick out some errors that would identify the problem.

how would I enable debug mode of it in modx?

all images are broken links on phpthumb.

if i remove phpthumb and use the real one (not modx one) i can at least get error messages to load (purple images with red text)

but with modx implementation i get broken links,. this is on 4 or 5 modx websites on different servers... am I the only one who doesn’t get thumbnails>???

i got them to display ONCE on a site and then when i logged out and back in, broken ! so something is off...

how do i view debug on phpthumb for modx? any other suggestions? where is phpthumb located in modx? the connectors/system/phpthumb.php is not the real file, where is the real one at?

Quote from: zurie at Feb 28, 2011, 10:22 AM

i got them to display ONCE on a site and then when i logged out and back in, broken ! so something is off...

I got the exact same problem ! Maybe it’s got something to do with access right ? Because unless I’m logged in to modx, phpthumb does not return anything.
The images can be accessed directly though !

Any thoughts about that ?

Seriously, this phpthumb is a mess ! And not docs whatsoever !

Yeah, PHPThumb is a mess... that’s why it got brutally hacked.

Have you made any recent changes to your server? Like moving hosts or editing your .htaccess file? I’ve seen weird things happen with directives in the .htaccess that force a handler for .php files, for example.

I’ve got exactly the same Problems. Did you find any solution?

If you’re interested, I posted my solution here to fix phpThumbOf : http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,61682.msg354424.html#msg354424

It’s more of a hack than a fix, but the idea is to look into the logs and see what errors you get.