Re: [site is acting strange] - blank pages, download index.php, or works fine

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:49 PM, David Hutto <smokefloat@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Ashley Sheridan > <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote: >> On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 13:38 -0400, Adam Richardson wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Bill Guion <bguion@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> > At 6:45 PM -0600 7/29/10, Tristan wrote: >>> > >>> >  Yeah like i said site works 95% of the time when navigating. PHP5.2, Mysql >>> >> 5. The site is completely dynamic so it wouldn't work at all if that was >>> >> the >>> >> case of it not being installed right. >>> >> >>> >> so the other 5% of the time is blank pages and download index.php files. >>> >> In >>> >> Firefox when you get a blank page, if you click view source it will show >>> >> all >>> >> the code that should be there but, I can't tell if it's requesting >>> >> the >>> >> page >>> >> again when you do that. It never fails 2 times in a row. A refresh will >>> >> always fix it. When you look in firebug there is no html so it leads me to >>> >> believe FF may be doing just that...going for a second request instead of >>> >> viewing currently opened source? In IE8 I would get something like >>> >> >>> >> diagnose problem button >>> >> >>> >> more information drop down with >>> >> >>> >> this problem can be caused by a variety of issues..this is a completely >>> >> typical M$ error with no valid help >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> chrome same thing with >>> >> >>> >> web page cannot be displayed >>> >> >>> >> more information etc... >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 6:36 PM, David McGlone <david@dmcentral.net> >>> >> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>   On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 18:11 -0600, Tristan wrote: >>> >>>  > I have the strangest issue with my host. They can't figure it >>> >>> out and >>> >>> I'm >>> >>>  > completely perplexed. We have other sites running on the server >>> >>> just >>> >>>  fine. >>> >>>  > However, this new site is acting very weird. Sometimes we get blank >>> >>>  pages, >>> >>>  > sometimes we get a blank page and then a dialog pops up asking if >>> >>> we >>> >>> want >>> >>>  to >>> >>>  > download index.php, and then sometimes the site is working fine. >>> >>> Any >>> >>>  ideas >>> >>>  > on this? >>> >>>  > >>> >>>  > I'm at ends. Appreciate any advice. For authentication we are >>> >>> using >>> >>> mysql >>> >>>  > auth module in apache/linux and proxy pass. We removed proxy pass >>> >>> to >>> >>> see >>> >>>  if >>> >>>  > that was it but, it wasn't. its a members.domain.com subdomain >>> >>> if >>> >>> that >>> >>>  > helps. >>> >>> >>> >>>  Do you have php-mysql installed? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>  -- >>> >>>  Blessings, >>> >>>  David M. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > Does the page validate at http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/? G >>> > ���+[�5T��Q� >>> > >>> >     -----===== Bill =====----- >>> > -- >>> > >>> > Don't find fault. Find a remedy. - Henry Ford >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>> > To unsubscribe, visit: >>> > http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> > >>> > >>> Tristan, >>> >>> The good news is that you're not crazy.  I've had this exact issue (at least >>> in terms of symptoms) when working with one of my client's websites. >>> >>> The bad news is that this was long ago, I was using a shared host, and I'm >>> not the one who cause or, more importantly, fixed the problem.  That said, >>> I've strained my memory to try and recall what might have been said in the >>> follow-up from the host, and it seems like there was a mime-type handling >>> issue (again, I could be completely wrong, this is just a faint memory.) >>> >>> Another faint memory: are you able to see a difference in behavior when you >>> view an index file with the file included in the url ( >>> http://yoursite.com/index.php) as opposed to when you >>> view the page without >>> it in the url (http://yoursite.com)? >>> >>> Sorry, I wish I still had my email exchange with the company to see what >>> information they provided after the fix :( >>> >>> Adam >>> >> >> Actually, you just saying that made me think of a similar problem I had >> once with IIS serving up files. It was XML files rather than PHP, but >> the Mime issue does ring a bell! >> >> Is the server you're using IIS Tristan? >> >> Thanks, >> Ash >> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >> >> >> >Forgot to hit reply all: > I'm not sure if this helps, or even relates, but the one time I had a > hosting account for a microsoft app named NopCommerce, when I would > try to visit the page, it seemed to only allow one connection at a > time, because of some MS DB user limitation or something, and I didn't > attempt anymore with it. > > Might relate, might not. >