Thread: 500 Internal Server Error error

500 Internal Server Error error

If you uploaded Dolphin 5.5, check the .htaccess supplied in the Dolphin zip file.

The command:

php_flag register_globals Off

Is not allowed in a PHPSuExec environment - and it is not needed anyways, as we already have register_globals disabled.

Delete this file, or edit and remove that command.

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Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@yoursite.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

I added a check to some GPLdate beta code that checks for register_globals being on during the install. Perhaps better than including the .htaccess file that will cause an error on a fair number of servers out there - more and more hosting companies are using PHPSuExec these days.

Smoge

Here's another way - I copied out the requireonce portion in the php file linked in the .htaccess and included /index.php in addition to just the / for the root directory. That worked. This is a serious bug and I cannot understand how anyone can install this properly and get it to work as is. Makes me wonder if anyone tested it and quality control there.

I have been uploading a installer (/install/index.php) for the dolphin releases that supports PHPSuExec into the bug fixing forums... you can find and download the file there.

http://www.modmysite.com/bugs-fixes/

5.6.4's is here:

phpSuExec Installer

Smoge

Originally Posted by Smoge

I added a check to some GPLdate beta code that checks for register_globals being on during the install. Perhaps better than including the .htaccess file that will cause an error on a fair number of servers out there - more and more hosting companies are using PHPSuExec these days.

Smoge

Thanks for explaining this I was wondering what the hell was going on with my site!

I am having problem with installation of Dolphin on my own laptop. When i click on the install/index.php it gives me the HTTP server error 500.
I am able to run the install/exec.php with no problem.
My environment is : Apache web server 2.2.3 , on windows XP, PHP 5.2.6
I have checked the core php variables safe_mode off, etc and they seem to be fine as explained in the installation documentation.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Could be a few things...

a) try removing the register_globals line from the .htaccess in the main folder, or comment it out with a #

b) make sure that your file ownership is ok - this is not normally a problem on windows - but - could be - and anyways - it is better if you run the script on Linux if you can - with a cheap hosting account somewhere if you want - it is more "real world".

c) check your apache logs for a more detailed error message.

Maybe do "C" first.

Smoge