Yii 2 giving an exception when clicking on the default contact tab

Question

I am getting this error when I run on my mac with localhost.

Either GD PHP extension with FreeType support or ImageMagick PHP extension with PNG support

Answer 1

For solve problem, first install php-gd module on your system. After that open php.ini on your editor and search for ;extension=gd.so and remove the heading ; sign. Then restart your apache service ;).

For Arch Linux you can do followings (Lines that begins with # are command of terminal):

• # pacman -S php-gd
• # vim /etc/php/php.ini
• Press / and type gd then press Enter
• Find ;extension=gd.so and convert it into extension=gd.so by moving cursor on ; sign and press x
• Press Esc and type :wq and press Enter
• # systemctl restart httpd.service

Answer 2

Infact in Windows 10 environment, installed with WAMP Server, it was a matter of copying php.ini file to C:\wamp64\bin\apache\apache2.4.27\bin\

It was missing at that location.

Answer 3

On windows, if you already install php > 7.0, then Check php_gd2.dll is in your extension directory and uncomment ;extension=gd2 of your php.ini.

Answer 4

With this two lines it is okeyokay:

sudo apt install php-gd

sudo service apache2 restart

Answer 5

As suggested in the comments.

The contact form contains a .png picture in the form of a captcha image. The captcha image is used there to prevent spam being send via the contact form.

• You can edit the view page and remove the captcha
• You can install php-gd or php-imagick extension

Answer 6

Try un-commenting extension=gd2 in php.ini. Then restart apache.