Problem with image cropping

Kirby 3 Solved ✅
1

I’m following along with the tutorial but I’ve hit a snag. When I try to crop the project images using

<?= $project->image()->crop(500) ?>

I get an error message saying:

This page is currently offline due to an unexpected error. We are very sorry for the inconvenience and will fix it as soon as possible.

Everything displays fine before I add ->crop(500)

I’m on OSX and running a local server using MAMP. PHP ver 7.3.1

Any ideas?

2

I think you should check first like that

<?php if($image = $page->image()): ?>
<img src="<?= $image->crop(500)->url() ?>" alt="">
<?php endif ?>
3

Thanks byybora, unfortunately your code didn’t work for me.

I’ve tried uploading my test site to a live server and my code works fine there, cropping the images as intended. So I’m thinking it must a problem with the way MAMP is running? Or the version of PHP on my local server?

Any ideas?

4

Do you get an error message or is the file just not cropped? Which thumbs driver have you set in your config?

If you are using a wrong PHP version, you would get an error message, because Kirby checks for the PHP version on installation.

5

I just get this error

I haven’t set any thumbs driver in config, how do I do that?

6

Ok, an error, then please enable debugging in your config.php as a first step.

'debug' => true

within the return array, so that it tells us what the error is.

The full code should look like this if the file is currently empty:

return [
    'debug'  => true
];

If there is no config.php file yet, create one in /site/config/config.php (the Starterkit comes with a config file, the Plainkit doesn’t).

7

Thanks texnixe! I think I’ve done it. Did I need to put the code in php tags like this?

return [
'debug'  => true
];
8

Php code has to start with a php tag, yes

<?php

return [
    'debug'  => true
];
9

(the php tag didn’t copy in my post for some reason)

Well I think it’s working, I get a debug window now when I refresh my page!

10

Ok, what does it say now?

11

lots of stuff! Not sure what’s what. Trying to attach a screen grab…

Window_and_Kirby_CMS_Debugger
Window_and_Kirby_CMS_Debugger.jpg2792×1516 413 KB

12

What is your PHP version? I’ve only seen this problem once here: Installing K3 testing with MAMP Whoops \ Exception \ ErrorException (E_ERROR)

13

Looks like PHP Version 7.3.1

I did try to install Valet last night via homebrew etc and something didn’t work with the installation so I wonder if it’s conflicting with MAMP somehow? Is that a possibility?

14

Which version of Mamp are you using? Changing the PHP version is usually just a click (at least with MAMP Pro).

Also, you can try the solution proposed in the thread I mentioned, after all it seemed to do the trick.

You have to stop the MAMP server before you can use Valet (but both can be installed, I got them both on my system and that works well, I can switch between them if I make sure to stop the one before running the other).

15

Aha! I changed the PHP version in MAMP to 7.2.14 and it’s working now! Thanks so much @texnixe Amazing support here, def purchasing a license when I get this all up and running, I’m enjoying myself :smile:

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