server error after upgrade 2.3

  • buntstift

    (@buntstift)


    16 years, 5 months ago

    hello,

    i tried to upgrade my existing blog (2.2). i deactived all plugins except “maintenance mode”, logged out and allowed the ftp program to overwrite all necessary files with the new 2.3.1-files. there haven’t been any files erased but the new files replaced the older ones. of course i didn’t overwrite “wp-config.php” since there is no such file in the upgrade-.zip-archive.

    afterwards i pointed my browser to wp-admin/upgrade.php, hit “continue”. all seemed to work well. but since then i am getting an error while trying to enter my site:

    Internal Server Error

    The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

    I get the same error when i try to enter /wp-admin. 🙁

    i then erased the “maintenance mode”-plugin-files since i thought this could be problem. but it didn’t help.

    i have access to my database via “php my admin”. maybe there is something to look up or to edit?
    there are still 34 tables. some of them belong to plugins i wouldn’t use anymore anyway (spam karma, democracy, page activity …).

    what could i do to make my blog accessible again (for me as an admin at least) ?

    thank you a lot for answering !

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    16 years, 5 months ago

    Might want to check your logs–may find that you need to increase memory allocated to PHP.

    Two methods for increasing the amount of memory a PHP script may consume:

    If you have access to your PHP.ini file, change the line in PHP.ini
    If your line shows 8M try 16M:
    memory_limit = 16M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (16MB)

    If you don’t have access to PHP.ini try adding this to an .htaccess file:
    php_value memory_limit 16M

    If all else fails, talk to your host.

    Thread Starter buntstift

    (@buntstift)

    16 years, 5 months ago

    nothing changes with .htaccess.
    is there really no way to bring the installation back to life without asking my host for help? i wouldn’t really know what to ask for.

    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    16 years, 5 months ago

    Ask them to increase PHP memory limit for you. If necessary, give them the link to this thread.

    Thread Starter buntstift

    (@buntstift)

    16 years, 5 months ago

    alright, done.
    but in the meantime i just deleted the .htaccess and… well… my site is accessible again !
    this has been the problem in the first place i guess.
    do i need a .htaccess-file ?

    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    16 years, 5 months ago

    Not necessarily, but you might like this Glossary entry if you need something to read in your spare time 😉

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#.htaccess

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