Image Uploader Errors – Tried Everything… wits end

  • Resolved mintcondition

    (@mintcondition)


    17 years, 2 months ago

    So i have WP 2.7 running on a 1&1 hosted site.

    When I try to upload larger images (and they aren’t THAT large…) I get an “HTTP Error” when using the Flash uploader and a 500 Internal server error when using the Browser uploader. This happens in FF and in Safari.

    I’ve googled for a few days and tried a few different changes to the .htaccess file, installed the “HTTP Error Fix” plugin, all to no avail.

    What is going on, and how can I fix it?

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  • Thread Starter mintcondition

    (@mintcondition)

    17 years, 2 months ago

    On a lark, I tried something and it worked… It’s always the way, as soon as you ask for help you figure it out. Anyway, here’s my solution:

    The fact that NOTHING that worked for anyone else was working for me said it might be something with my host. We had a problem with another client site recently running Drupal on 1&1 and we finally traced it to the fact that 1&1 defaults to using PHP4, unless you specifically tell it to use PHP5. I know, right?

    I dropped a line in the .htaccess file “AddType x-mapp-php5 .php” and voila! Works a treat.

    I was even able to pull all the security bypasses that people had been suggesting from my .htaccess because some had questioned the security.

    So, if like me, you’re still kerfuffled, try checking the version of PHP you’re using. (if you don’t know, you can normally find out easily by slipping a phpinfo(); call into a blank page.

    Cheers!

    basementjack

    (@basementjack)

    17 years, 1 month ago

    MintCondition –
    Thanks a bunch for posting this!
    This was my exact problem (including 1and1)
    your post saved me at least an hour of further research.
    Thanks!
    – Jack

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