[FIXED] why is my png img of QR not displaying in php

Issue

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function ImageCreate() in C:\xampp\htdocs\the_base\qr\libs\phpqrcode\qrimage.php:74 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\the_base\qr\libs\phpqrcode\qrimage.php(32): QRimage::image(Array, 5, 4) #1 C:\xampp\htdocs\the_base\qr\libs\phpqrcode\qrencode.php(494): QRimage::png(Array, 'temp/184011_inf...', 5, 4, false) #2 C:\xampp\htdocs\the_base\qr\libs\phpqrcode\qrencode.php(286): QRencode->encodePNG('\tRoll no: 18401...', 'temp/184011_inf...', false) #3 C:\xampp\htdocs\the_base\qr\index.php(57): QRcode::png('\tRoll no: 18401...', 'temp/184011_inf...', 0, 5) #4 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\the_base\qr\libs\phpqrcode\qrimage.php on line 74

This is the error I am getting since I've updated my XAMPP. This same code has worked perfectly with an older version of xampp but when I updated it, the code suddenly started to give this error I am trying to create a QR code in png format and make it downloadable I did a little research about it, it said that the GD lib was missing in the PHP but all the steps shown to fix it were of LINUX OS, I am currently using Windows.

Solution

1. go to php.ini file xampp/php/php.ini
2. search for ;extension=gd and ;extension=gd2
3. remove the ; from both lines, then restart the server

Answered By - Abdalrahman Valabji

Answer Checked By - Robin (PHPFixing Admin)