HTTP 500 Internal Server Error

[Karlwyatt]

I had a test system running on a 32bit OS, but ever since moving to the 64bit system i'm having lots of issues. This is on CENTOS 6.2 and again i'm a linux and ZM noob here.

I am getting a Http 500 Internal Server Error when i go to http : //{ip}/zm - if i go to just http : //{ip} i get the apache landing page, so i don't think its apache.

I went into the apache logs and found this: unexpected $end in /var/www/html/zm/includes/functions.php on line 2437

I did a bit of Googling and searching this forum and i found something about chaing the Short_open_Tags in the php.ini file to "On" which i did (i think):

; short_open_tag
; Default Value: On
; Development Value: On
; Production Value: On

Any other ideas? or did i do the above wrong? I also tried removing the ';' before each and that didn't help.

Also restarted httpd after every change attempt.

[bb99]

There's at least 2 short tag values in php.ini. The one you're interested in is the second one; down around line 229? Anyway have another look.

[humbytheory]

I was having the same error. I change this line in my /etc/php/php.ini

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short_open_tag = Off

to this:

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short_open_tag = On

Be sure to remove the ";" from the beginning of the line as lines starting with ";" are treated as Comments in /etc/php/php.ini and are ignored.

After that I restarted the Apache daemon and all was well.
Hope that helps.

[humbytheory]

hey Karlwyatt, it just occured to me that an easy way to confirm if your have short_open_tag set to on is to create a page to display php settings. You can do that by making a php doc that contains just the the following line:

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<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Just name it whatever.. for example name it "info.php" and after you add that line browse to it: http://your_ip_address/info.php

It should show all of the PHP details. Search the page for short_open_tag set and it should say if it's on or off.

[Karlwyatt]

You guys were right, there were two places that contained short_open_tag, i found the other and it works great now.

Thanks