Title: Filesystem Security > PHP File Editing
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Filesystem Security > PHP File Editing

 *  [brandonferens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonferens/)
 * (@brandonferens)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filesystem-security-php-file-editing/)
 * I am attempting to disable the ability to edit php files. When I check the box
   and click save, the main content area just becomes empty (it’s all white). I 
   have found that this is usually an issue with something going wrong in the php
   script. Everything else seems to work just fine, I just can’t enable, or rather,
   disable the php editing.
 * Any thoughts?
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 *  Plugin Contributor [wpsolutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsolutions/)
 * (@wpsolutions)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filesystem-security-php-file-editing/#post-4276759)
 * Have you checked the your server’s error_log files to see if there might be a
   clue as to why you see the white screen?
 * You can view your server logs by going to “Filesystem Security” menu and then
   clicking the “Host System Logs” tab.
 *  Thread Starter [brandonferens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonferens/)
 * (@brandonferens)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filesystem-security-php-file-editing/#post-4276880)
 * I am getting the message “No system logs were found!”
 *  Plugin Contributor [wpsolutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsolutions/)
 * (@wpsolutions)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filesystem-security-php-file-editing/#post-4276898)
 * Just after you activate that feature and the white screen occurs, ftp to your
   site and grab the modified wp-config.php file.
    Then examine this file to see
   if you can spot any obvious syntax error.
 * Look also especially at the line containing “DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT” and before/after
   this line.
 *  [toby1024](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toby1024/)
 * (@toby1024)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filesystem-security-php-file-editing/#post-4277048)
 * Hi,
    We have exactly the same problem. And this is what we got
 * /** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
    require_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-
   settings.php’);//Disable File Edits define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT’, false);
 * But it does not work even if we delete these setting.
 * Any idea??
    Thank you.

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## Tags

 * [editing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/editing/)
 * [filesystem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/filesystem/)
 * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/)

 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [toby1024](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toby1024/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filesystem-security-php-file-editing/#post-4277048)
 * Status: not resolved