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Posted by qasimalbaqali
qasimalbaqali
17,839 Points

500 Internal Server Error - Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

So I have a website on iPage.com and when I uploaded all my files I got the 500 Internal Server Error. I got it once when I was coding it in my wamp server but then I figured it out by enabling the Apache writeable option. Since now it's not on my local host, it's on a web hosting what can I do to fix this?

1 Answer

Kris Phelps
Kris Phelps
7,609 Points
Kris Phelps
Kris Phelps
7,609 Points

A lot of internal server errors can be cause by uploading a bad .htaccess file. I've done this a number of times in my career. That's probably the best starting place I can suggest to you.

qasimalbaqali
qasimalbaqali
17,839 Points

The htaccess code was from the course it self..

RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^shirts/$ /shirts/shirts.php RewriteRule ^shirts/([0-9]+)/$ /shirts/shirt.php?id=$1 RewriteRule ^receipt.php$ /receipt/ [R=301] RewriteRule ^contact.php$ /contact/ [R=301] RewriteRule ^shirts.php$ /shirts/ [R=301] RewriteRule ^(shirts/[0-9]+)$ /$1/ [R=301]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=([0-9]+)$ RewriteRule ^shirt.php$ /shirts/%1/? [R=301]

Kris Phelps
Kris Phelps
7,609 Points

Try cutting all of that stuff out temporarily and save the .htaccess to see if that gets rid of the 500 error.

qasimalbaqali
qasimalbaqali
17,839 Points

Still I get it even though I delete the .htaccess This is weird.. Any ideas?

Kris Phelps
Kris Phelps
7,609 Points

Interesting. At that point, I'd suggest contacting your webhost support to see if they can pull any logs and tell what's triggering the error. Sorry I couldn't be more help for you on this :-/

qasimalbaqali
qasimalbaqali
17,839 Points

Really appreciate your fast replys. Cheers!