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Databases

Posted by Cory Norell
Cory Norell
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HTTP Error 500 when trying to access project folder in browser?

Hey everyone,

I am trying to access the database.php file in my browser (Chrome), however I am getting an HTTP error 500. I downloaded the project files and created the database.php as shown in the prior videos in this course.

At first I thought it may not have read privileges, but that was not it. Then I tried changing ports, that was not it. When I go to localhost in my browser, it sees the shirts4mike directory, but when I attempt to access it I get the HTTP 500 error.

Does anyone know what may cause this?

I also double checked to make sure MAMP has the proper root directory, which I believe it does. (htdocs)

Thank you in advance!