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Drupal core
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main
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image.module
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Created:
2 Apr 2013 at 13:45 UTC
Updated:
17 Sep 2025 at 15:11 UTC
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Right now in D7, it is possible that image styles don't work, and Drupal does not remind you of that.
This especially happens with lighttpd, where you cannot rely on the usual .htaccess magic. It might also happen if you tell Apache to ignore the .htaccess and do everything in the main server config instead.
Proposed solution:
We could do a test http request to a nonexisting file, and check whether it is correctly forwarded to index.php. If not, we show a warning on "Status report".
Comments
Comment #13
smustgrave commentedWonder with no movement or follow up after 10 years if this is still a valid task?
Comment #14
donquixote commentedWell I created this long ago and currently don't have the active use case.
So the questions would be:
Comment #15
smustgrave commentedDon't think you want my answer about D7 haha
Comment #17
rubymuse commentedI'm currently having an issue in 11.1.5 where image styles are not being generated. I can't say what the reason is yet, but I can say that in searching for a solution it would appear to be a common problem, and the vast majority of the suggested and sometimes successful solutions relate to .htaccess, file permissions or other system configuration. Perhaps the most useful change would be some error reporting, as the failures are almost always 100% silent.
Comment #18
smustgrave commentedLets see if anything can be done.