[RESOLVED] Error once uploaded

ElphieFabalaFae

I hope this is in the right forum, but without knowing the exact cause I am at a loss as to where to post this.

I have been developing a new website, and since I was without Internet access for over a week, have designed most of it offline using Apache and running the site through localhost. It has worked perfectly and I am now at the stage to upload it, so I can have a few guinea pigs test it out and see what happens on their computers.

As soon as I loaded the pages to my hosting account, every time I tried to access them, I got a 500 Internal Server Error. Now, I have no idea if this is because of so funky php scripting on my part that is not working online, or whether there is another cause.

Does anyone know where I should begin looking to try and resolve the situation? Or know of anything that I can add to a file so that if the error does occur, I can have an explanation, in a similar way to what you can do when attempting to connect to a mySQL database?

dagon

I usually get 500 errors due to .htaccess mod rewrite .

i would check the basics, host supports php\mysql\what ever else versions that your running. if you were running it on windows your host is probably *.nix there may be issues there.

I would strip down your site the very basics and add to it till it breaks.

ElphieFabalaFae

Thanks! I know everything is supported, because I have three other php-based sites running off my hosting (as add-ons), which is why I'm even more confused! The thing that did occur to me was maybe this is a php5 issue? They recently upgraded to the latest versions of everything, and my localhost/computer is still running php4.

Will switch files to .html or .txt to check it is not something in the .htaccess file, and will then add bit by bit, like you suggest, until it stops working lol

Edit: .html is uploading perfectly. .php still giving issues, but I am starting to think this is my webhost's problem, as I can't even move/upload to other folders that are currently working perfectly online. Even current .php files, when moved to another folder are throwing up this 500 Internal Server Error. It is only with the .php files - strange! Contacted hosting people, waiting on a response.