How do I correct a 500 Internal Server error?

[webspekers]

Hello Folks,

How do I correct a 500 Internal Server error?

Please tell me, Thanks.

[Nmoudf]

Hello Folks,

How do I correct a 500 Internal Server error?

Please tell me, Thanks.

If you see this kind of error, then your web server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request by the client for access to the requested URL. This is a 'catch-all' error generated by your web server. Basically something has gone wrong, but the server can not be more specific about the error condition in its response to the client. In addition to the 500 Internal Server Error notified back to the client, the Web server should generate some kind of internal error log which gives more details of what went wrong. It is up to the operators of your Web server site to locate and analyse these logs.
Any client (e.g. your Web browser or our CheckUpDown robot) goes through the following cycle when it communicates with your Web server:

Obtain an IP address from the IP name of your site (your site URL without the leading 'http://'). This lookup (conversion of IP name to IP address) is provided by domain name servers (DNSs).
Open an IP socket connection to that IP address.
Write an HTTP data stream through that socket.
Receive an HTTP data stream back from your Web server in response. This data stream contains status codes whose values are determined by the HTTP protocol. Parse this data stream for status codes and other useful information.

This error occurs in the final step above when the client receives an HTTP status code that it recognises as '500'.

Resolving 500 errors - general: this error can only be resolved by fixes to the Web server software. It is not a client-side problem. It is up to the administrators of your Web server site to locate and analyse the logs which should give further information about the error.


If "500 Internal Server Error" appears while accessing .php files

In 90% of cases such kind of problem can be solved by client and does not need Administrator rights.
Usually the error "500 Internal Server Error" appears when:

.php files have incorrect permissions. For example , if you try to run PHP file with 777 permissions or PHP file is located in the folder with 777 permission, then "500 Internal Server Error" will be generated. Please check the article "Permissions for *.php files" for more info.
.htaccess file has incorrect directives. For example, when someone tries to use .htaccess file to change PHP variables like:
php_value register_globals On
For this purpose you should use o n l y php.ini file. Anyway If you are not sure what can be wrong in .htaccess file just try to access your php script without .htaccess (temporary remove or rename it ).

[alfredo85]

Thanks to Nmoudf,he defined well.

[jamsen]

If you get a 500 Internal Server Error when you visit your website, there are a few possible causes. Unfortunately the 500 Internal Server Error is a vague error message. The three common causes of this error message are:

Incorrect permissions settings, usually due to having a file as "world" writeable.
Incorrect permissions settings for use by another script (this is common with manual installs of forums or blogs)
Incorrect coding in the .htaccess file

How do I correct a 500 Internal Server error?

It is important to track down the exact cause of the error. To do this, log into your account cPanel. Once in your cPanel, under Logs, click on "Error Logs"

[tnhamanda]

You need to check error logs. It will definitely guide you to the root of problem.