Server problem or code problem???

flashgc

Running IIS 5.0 on Server 2000

The default page served is HOME.PHP which utilizes several include files for various elements of the page. The Site Navigation table, Featured Link table, Google Search table, User Info table, Registration Info table and Link To Geek Emporium tables are all PHP includes.

The User Info table is the one most recently added (a couple of days ago) and it's been working fine as far as it goes. This morning, that table doesn't process nor does anything that comes after it on the page WHILE IT'S SERVED AS THE DEFAULT DOCUMENT. If you do a direct call to the doc (URL includes document name) it all processes correctly.

Like I said, this has been working fine for a day or two then all of a sudden it stopped doing so. I've temporarily gotten past it by putting the default doc back to HOME.HTM which uses a redirect to HOME.PHP thus causing it to process correctly. ??? Any ideas anyone ???

piersk

Ok, usually scripts don't just "stop working".

Firstly, I'd recommend that you read through the script to make sure everything is hunky dory. The next thing I suggest doing is maybe a restart of the server. This might sound extreme, but I've had quite a few scripts that should have worked, but didn't for one reason or another (mainly this happens on windows servers) but after a restart worked with no probs.

flashgc

Thanks for the input. I quite agree with you, scripts don't usually just 'stop working'. The real puzzler about this is that the script works fine as long as the page it's on is called using the full document name LIKE HERE. It only falls down when the server is accessed via the domain name only and the page is called as default by the server.

I will reboot the server though as I'm certain it's something pretty obscure. Thanks again.

piersk

Did the restart help?

flashgc

Yes it did, thanks much. You can see it HERE.

Figgered it must be the server but it's still beyond me just what the nature of the problem was. If anyone should come up with a clue I'd love to hear it.

Thanks again.