This is more of a server question than anything. What's happened is that I have a couple sites 'hosted' on an Alpha machine running UNIX that use PHP and have 'stopped working'. To be more specific, the PHP that doesn't rely on user input works fine but the PHP scripts seem to ignore POST and GET variables. So, I have no way of passing in user input (in a convienent fashion). All of my sites stopped working simultaneously which leads me to believe it is a server issue.
Now, here's where I need help. The server admin refuses to believe it's his problem. Rather it's something I did (even though I've done nothing). I need some way to convince him that it's not me, but a server issue or, better yet, I need to find out the exact problem so I can tell him exactly what is going on.
I created a VERY simple script to test it to make absolutely sure it's not the site. I also tried the simple script from my bosses directory, it doesn't work there either. Can someone help me narrow down or diagnose the problem? (preferrably in a way that doesn't require root access).