# Server error (500 error) **URL:** \ **Category:** Hosting Support\ **Created:** [August 22, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/server-error-500-error/50290 "2021-08-22T13:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/server-error-500-error/50290/2 "2021-08-22T13:23:15Z")
Very vague. Not sure which is which. Read below… > [@Redirected to InfinityFree 500 error page](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/redirected-to-infinityfree-500-error-page/49354): > > While working on your website, you may be redirected to the [InfinityFree 500 error page](https://infinityfree.net/errors/500/). This article explains why this typically happens and what you can do to fix this. Bad .htaccess rules The most common reason why you may be redirected to this page is because of an error in your .htaccess file. .htaccess rules are quite sensitive to errors. And when they break, servers are not very clear about what the issue is. The first thing to try is to rename the .htaccess file to something else (e.g… > [@Http error 500](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/http-error-500/49352): > > 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/server-error-500-error/50290)._