500 Internal Server Error

**novemberGrey** · 07-03-2007, 10:20 AM

I don't understand why I'm getting this error...I just uploaded a complete website from my test server (hosted by SiteGround) to the main server (hosted by GoDaddy), and I never got this error on the test server. What do I do?

http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/contact/

**temp.user123** · 07-03-2007, 10:53 AM

Submit a ticket to GoDaddy.

**hastx** · 07-04-2007, 09:27 AM

Or post the code on the page.

**novemberGrey** · 07-04-2007, 12:11 PM

I submitted a ticket to GoDaddy and they said it was my coding, but I dont think so...the same page worked fine on my server hosted by siteground. But anyways heres my coding.

PHP Code:


<?php

$title  =  "Us";

$image  =  "Contact-Us";

$width  =  "128";

$height  =  "19";



switch ($_GET['who']){

case john:

$title  =  "Pastor John";

$contact  =  "checked";

$john  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactJohn";

$width  =  "237";

$height  =  "18";

break;



case steve:

$title  =  "Steve Feeley";

$contact  =  "checked";

$steve  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactSteve";

$width  =  "251";

$height  =  "23";

break;



case doug:

$title  =  "Doug Kimsal";

$contact  =  "checked";

$doug  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactDoug";

$width  =  "245";

$height  =  "23";

break;



case randy:

$title  =  "Randy Pitman";

$contact  =  "checked";

$randy  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactRandy";

$width  =  "265";

$height  =  "23";

break;



case joe:

$title  =  "Joe Prestridge";

$contact  =  "checked";

$joe  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactJoe";

$width  =  "267";

$height  =  "23";

break;



case bob:

$title  =  "Bob Rockwell";

$contact  =  "checked";

$bob  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactBob";

$width  =  "258";

$height  =  "19";

break;



case neil:

$title  =  "Neil Spencer";

$contact  =  "checked";

$neil  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactNeil";

$width  =  "251";

$height  =  "23";

break;



case dale:

$title  =  "Dale Waltman";

$contact  =  "checked";

$dale  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactDale";

$width  =  "270";

$height  =  "19";

break;



case brenton:

$title  =  "Brenton Collyer";

$contact  =  "checked";

$brenton  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactBrenton";

$width  =  "281";

$height  =  "23";

break;



case austin:

$title  =  "Austin Bodiford";

$contact  =  "checked";

$austin  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactAustin";

$width  =  "276";

$height  =  "19";

break;



case jill:

$title  =  "Jill Brogdon";

$contact  =  "checked";

$jill  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactJill";

$width  =  "235";

$height  =  "23";

break;



case terri:

$title  =  "Terri Busey";

$contact  =  "checked";

$terri  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactTerri";

$width  =  "221";

$height  =  "23";

break;



case cd:

$title  =  "C.D. Corbin";

$contact  =  "checked";

$cd  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactCd";

$width  =  "238";

$height  =  "19";

break;



case chad:

$title  =  "Chad Erwins";

$contact  =  "checked";

$chad  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactChad";

$width  =  "245";

$height  =  "19";

break;



case carol:

$title  =  "Carol Feeley";

$contact  =  "checked";

$carol  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactCarol";

$width  =  "250";

$height  =  "23";

break;



case brad:

$title  =  "Brad Feeley";

$contact  =  "checked";

$brad  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactBrad";

$width  =  "255";

$height  =  "19";

break;



case paul:

$title  =  "Paul Kimsal";

$contact  =  "checked";

$paul  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactPaul";

$width  =  "231";

$height  =  "19";

break;



case keith:

$title  =  "Keith King";

$contact  =  "checked";

$keith  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactKeith";

$width  =  "216";

$height  =  "23";

break;



case clay:

$title  =  "Clay Smith";

$contact  =  "checked";

$clay  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactClay";

$width  =  "225";

$height  =  "23";

break;



case ceci:

$title  =  "Cecilea Spencer";

$contact  =  "checked";

$ceci  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactCeci";

$width  =  "300";

$height  =  "23";

break;



case lynn:

$title  =  "Lynn Spencer";

$contact  =  "checked";

$lynn  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactLynn";

$width  =  "261";

$height  =  "23";

break;



case ryan:

$title  =  "Ryan Spencer";

$contact  =  "checked";

$ryan  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactRyan";

$width  =  "266";

$height  =  "23";

break;



case grey:

$title  =  "Grey Stephenson";

$contact  =  "checked";

$grey  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactGrey";

$width  =  "302";

$height  =  "23";

break;



case sara:

$title  =  "Sara Thurber";

$contact  =  "checked";

$sara  =  "selected";

$image  =  "contactSara";

$width  =  "249";

$height  =  "19";

break;

}



$staffEmails = array(

   'JohnSpencer@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'SteveFeeley@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'DougKimsal@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'RandyPitman@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'JoePrestridge@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'BobRockwell@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'NeilSpencer@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'DaleWaltman@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'BrentonCollyer@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'austinbodiford@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'JillBrogdon@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'TerriBusey@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'CDCorbin@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'ChadErdwins@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'CarolFeeley@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'BradHarrison@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'PaulKimsal@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'KeithKing@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'ClaySmith@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'CecileaSpencer@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'LynnSpencer@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'RyanSpencer@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'greystephenson@ccgulfbreeze.com',

   'SaraThurber@ccgulfbreeze.com');



switch ($_POST['purpose']){

case general:

$to  =  "information@ccgulfbreeze.com";

break;



case staff:

$to = isset($_POST['staff']) && array_key_exists($_POST['staff'], $staffEmails) ? $staffEmails[$_POST['staff']] : $_POST[0];

break;



case issue:

$to  =  "website@ccgulfbreeze.com";

break;

}



$fullName = $_POST['name'];

$senderEmail = $_POST['email'];

$senderSubject = $_POST['subject'];

$senderMessage = $_POST['message'];

$subject = "Website Message: {$senderSubject}";

$body =  "This is a message from the Calvary Chapel Gulf Breeze Website."."\n".

    "Full Name: {$fullName}"."\n".

    "E-mail Address: {$senderEmail}"."\n".

    "Message: {$senderMessage}.";

$headers = "From: {$senderEmail}";



mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);

?>

**bluestars** · 07-04-2007, 12:39 PM

I think the case statements need to be in quotes. PHP on your old server was just nice in translating them for you. Try it with quotes and see what happens.

**hastx** · 07-04-2007, 12:44 PM

I havn't looked too deeply at the code, but it might be a security issue:
If your host has error reporting turned off to keep possible hackers from retrieving info you may be getting the generic server error as a substitute for error reporting. Some trouble shooting steps:

1. Set error reporting in the file:

PHP Code:


ini_set('error_reporting',E_ALL);

2. If your host gives Logging, check the logs and see what code is returned on POST
3. Create a simple test page with only a mail function and see if that works. It will let you know if the problem is in that config.

**novemberGrey** · 07-04-2007, 01:49 PM

Ok, so I set the error reporting in the file like hastx suggested, so then the page actually loaded but there was a whole list of errors at the top concerning the case statements so then I did what bluestars suggested, and that got rid of all the errors concerning the switch statements. But there are still some errors, click the link below to see them.
http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/contact/

**novemberGrey** · 07-04-2007, 01:54 PM

I just tried a test script that included only the mail function. At first I got the 500 Internal Server Error, so then I added

PHP Code:


ini_set('error_reporting',E_ALL);

and now Im getting these errors...
http://ccgulfbreeze.com/test.php

**temp.user123** · 07-04-2007, 02:04 PM

"Undefined index" is normally an informational message -- which can get logged but normally doesn't prevent the page from loading. One server can have this configured differently from another. This would explain the differences you're seeing between hosts.

To fix such an "error" instead of doing this (just an example):

PHP Code:


$name = $_GET[name];

or this:

PHP Code:


$name = $_GET['name'];

Always do this, instead:

PHP Code:


$name = '';

if (isset($_GET['name'])):

    $name = $_GET['name'];

endif;

or this:

PHP Code:


if (isset($_GET['name'])):

    $name = $_GET['name'];

else:

    $name = '';

endif;

Alternative syntax shown is my style.
You can use braces if that is your style.

**novemberGrey** · 07-04-2007, 02:26 PM

Would there be a way that I can simply change the PHP configuration? So I don't have to go through and recode my script.

**hastx** · 07-04-2007, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by novemberGrey

Would there be a way that I can simply change the PHP configuration? So I don't have to go through and recode my script.

Not on a paid host. their configs are usally global. Only ini variables which are allowed by script-override(such as error reporting) you have control over.

I would just take care of the case issues and then you might be able to turn off the error reporting and be cool.

As was mentioned earlier, "Notices" should not constitute "errors" or "warnings" and therefor your page should load ok ....even though the notices would be there, they wouldn't be seen.

edit:
chances are the notices were there on your old host too, you just didn't see them with how their reporting was set up. I've never seen server errors result from only notices.

**novemberGrey** · 07-04-2007, 02:37 PM

Ok, thankyou for your help, I've got rid of the "Undefined Index" notices but I still can't figure out how to get rid of the "Undefined Variable"

**novemberGrey** · 07-04-2007, 02:54 PM

Ugh this is getting annoying, I keep finding all these Undefined variables everywhere...there has to be something else I can do

**hastx** · 07-04-2007, 03:36 PM

One quick way of dealing with it would be to initialize the post variables only if there was a post:

PHP Code:




if ($_POST){

switch ($_POST['purpose']){

case general:

$to  =  "information@ccgulfbreeze.com";

break;



case staff:

$to = isset($_POST['staff']) && array_key_exists($_POST['staff'], $staffEmails) ? $staffEmails[$_POST['staff']] : $_POST[0];

break;



case issue:

$to  =  "website@ccgulfbreeze.com";

break;

}



$fullName = $_POST['name'];

$senderEmail = $_POST['email'];

$senderSubject = $_POST['subject'];

$senderMessage = $_POST['message'];

$subject = "Website Message: {$senderSubject}";

$body =  "This is a message from the Calvary Chapel Gulf Breeze Website."."\n".

    "Full Name: {$fullName}"."\n".

    "E-mail Address: {$senderEmail}"."\n".

    "Message: {$senderMessage}.";

$headers = "From: {$senderEmail}";



mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers); 

}

**temp.user123** · 07-04-2007, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by hastx

... initialize the post variables only if there was a post...

If you care:

PHP Code:


if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST')

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