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Error 500 Internal server error, and the URLs in EZP

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jose rubio	Sunday 21 September 2003 2:01:06 pm I get this error trying to access de user or admin sites, not during installation. In my system: CGI php 4.3.3 with apache 1.3.27, I have dicovered that the cause is the way the url are formed. Any url with the form www.site.com/script.php/something. causes error 500, so EZP causes error 500 on all the links. If i use script.pgp?/something (note the ?) I do not get error 500 The cause behind this is unknown for me. (Maybe something related with CGI?) With Apache module it goes OK, but in my remote server with Ensim I cannot use module On other site hosted in modwest.com (mtbcomprador.com) the server not causes error 500 but all the links are broken. Try http://www.mtbcomprador.com/index.php/ghg Any idea about the cause?
Bård Farstad	Monday 02 February 2004 11:59:28 pm The reson for this is that Exponential does not support PHP running in CGI mode. There are some patches available in this forum, but we do not guarantee that it will work. --bård Documentation: http://ez.no/doc
Gustave Stresen-Reuter	Monday 12 July 2004 9:25:07 am Thanks for the info that CGI is not supported. Could you go into any detail as to why it is not supported? My guess is that Exponential needs some sort of unrestricted access to the file system or Apache and in CGI mode, PHP runs as it's own user (usually quite separate from the rest of the system) while running as a module, it shares Apache's user. Finding a resolution would be very helpful as many hosting providers will only run PHP as a module in safe mode (useless, I think, or can Exponential run fine in safe mode?). Ted Stresen-Reuter

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jose rubio

Sunday 21 September 2003 2:01:06 pm

I get this error trying to access de user or admin sites, not during installation.

In my system: CGI php 4.3.3 with apache 1.3.27, I have dicovered that the cause is the way the url are formed.
Any url with the form

www.site.com/script.php/something.

causes error 500, so EZP causes error 500 on all the links. If i use script.pgp?/something (note the ?) I do not get error 500

The cause behind this is unknown for me. (Maybe something related with CGI?) With Apache module it goes OK, but in my remote server with Ensim I cannot use module

On other site hosted in modwest.com (mtbcomprador.com) the server not causes error 500 but all the links are broken. Try
http://www.mtbcomprador.com/index.php/ghg

Any idea about the cause?

Bård Farstad

Monday 02 February 2004 11:59:28 pm

The reson for this is that Exponential does not support PHP running in CGI mode. There are some patches available in this forum, but we do not guarantee that it will work.

--bård

Documentation: http://ez.no/doc

Gustave Stresen-Reuter

Monday 12 July 2004 9:25:07 am

Thanks for the info that CGI is not supported. Could you go into any detail as to why it is not supported? My guess is that Exponential needs some sort of unrestricted access to the file system or Apache and in CGI mode, PHP runs as it's own user (usually quite separate from the rest of the system) while running as a module, it shares Apache's user.

Finding a resolution would be very helpful as many hosting providers will only run PHP as a module in safe mode (useless, I think, or can Exponential run fine in safe mode?).

Ted Stresen-Reuter