Migrated website empty

[Rob_Berlin]

Website URL

QuizWalk.gamer.gd

Error Message

185.27.134.xxx returned an empty site

Error code: 500 Internal Server Error

Other Information

Hi. I migrated a working site to InfinityFree four days ago and the domain name is active in my DNS – I can get the file index2.html (index.html) to display, but not my own index.php. I uploaded all the PHP and Java files, etc., got a new Captcha for the InfinityFree domain name and updated the keys, plus uploaded a MySQL database, which looks fine on phpMyAdmin. Problem is, I get a 500 Internal Server Error with the domain name when I use my index.php file. When I enter the IP4 address in the browser, it says the host sent back an empty page. Index.php is in the folder htdocs, unchanged except for Captcha, and is maybe 4-5 years old (PHP/Java/JS versions unknown). What could the problem be? Thanks!

P. S. I edited the index.php file so it had one echo command and the rest was a comment, and it worked. So what could be the problem with the index.php?

[dan3008]

Welcome to the fourm.

@Rob_Berlin

When I enter the IP4 address in the browser, it says the host sent back an empty page

This is expected behaviour. Because this is shared hosting, each site doesn’t have a unique IP4 address. Pages can only be accessed through the URL.

@Rob_Berlin

I get a 500 Internal Server Error

This means that your PHP is crashing. This link will help you get more information and debug it

Http error 500

When trying to access your website, you may see a page which returns the status code “500”. In Google Chrome, you’ll see a page with the error code HTTP ERROR 500. There are typically two reasons which can cause this error: The PHP code has crashed. The .htaccess file contains invalid rules. Here are some things you can try to debug and fix this. Fixing crashing PHP code A HTTP ERROR 500 simply tells you that the PHP code has crashed, but gives no information as to why it has crashed. Gett…

@Rob_Berlin

maybe 4-5 years old

That might be your problem. InfinityFree is using PHP version 8.3. Given the age of your code, it is possible that your using PHP functions that don’t exist any more, and you may need to update your page

[Greenreader9]

@Rob_Berlin

Java files

PHP is the only backend language that is supported. Java files won’t run on free hosting.

[Rob_Berlin]

Thanks. I only have .js (JavaScript) files, so that shouldn’t be a problem, should it?

[Greenreader9]

JS files work fine here, yes. (Note that Java and JavaScript are two completely different languages).

In that case, see the article that Dan posted above.

[Rob_Berlin]

Thanks for your help. The first problem was the wrong database problem (yeah, amature!). Then I had some problems with the slug being passed to a second .php file, but ChatGPT solved that for me. Amazing what it could do.