Error adding entry with image

First of all, I’m very happy with Advanced Guestbook 2.3.1, it works very well except one thing:

I didn't find a solution with the search option of this forum so this is my problem:

If somebody ads a entry with an image, you'll get this error on you're screen a few seconds:

Warning: exec() has been disabled for security reasons in /aguestbook/lib/image.class.php on line 83

After that you'll go to the guestbook again. And the entry is there, and also the thumbnail and the picture. But de thumbnail hasn't the correct colours, sometimes only black and white.

Does somebody has a solution for this??

Thanx

Some webhost companies turn off the ability to chmod 777 or 755 outside of the cgi-bin.... Check the files to make certain that they truly are chmod to the correct settings, if you are not able to get them to chmod correctly, then you should contact your webhost to find out if they have a security setting workaround.

exec is a call to run an external program hence it being a risk. Did you tell the script you had imagemagik installed?

Thanx for the quick reply's

Some webhost companies turn off the ability to chmod 777 or 755 outside of the cgi-bin.... Check the files to make certain that they truly are chmod to the correct settings, if you are not able to get them to chmod correctly, then you should contact your webhost to find out if they have a security setting workaround.

The foldere tmp and public are chmod 777 if that is what you mean. And i can chmod 777 al files i want.

exec is a call to run an external program hence it being a risk. Did you tell the script you had imagemagik installed?

Do i need to install imagemagik, or do i have to change anything to a script?? Because i didn't install imagemagik or change any script.

p.s. here's my guestbook: http://www.bourgondiers.nl/aguestbook/

Did you install the script from here or did your hosts provide it?

My host provided it with cPanel X v2.5.0.

I can easely install it true cpanel, it makes then a directory and the sql entry.

I'd suggest downloading it from here and starting again. Hosts are notorious for mangling scripts and making them worthless.

I will try that with a new guestbook, if it works i will change my current guestbook.

Thanx for the help

The same problem:

http://www.bourgondiers.nl/guestbook/index.php

Cheap fix. Open lib/image.class.php and replacewith

Now the error message is gone, but the tumbnails are still bad.

Is it a hosting problem??

I thikn the problem is that your host has imagemagick installed but then stops you using it. go figure. Wonder if I can bypass it.

Ignore my last post. Undo the previous idea of mine and instaed change var $imagick = ''; to var $imagick = 'none';

Carbonize wrote:Ignore my last post. Undo the previous idea of mine and instaed change var $imagick = ''; to var $imagick = 'none';

The error is also gone, but the tumbnail is still bad

Hm can't understand why GD is messing up the thumbnails. It looks like it is making low quality images. Let me speak to some friends of mine who are more clued up on this than me.