Title: Internal 500 post.php Error (Read data timeout)
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Internal 500 post.php Error (Read data timeout)

 *  [maxwellmovieguide](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxwellmovieguide/)
 * (@maxwellmovieguide)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-500-postphp-error-read-data-timeout/)
 * So, I am a bit stumped. I am trying to just get this site functional and hit 
   a wall. So the errors I am getting are a couple and they vary. To sum easily:
   I get a 500 internal server error when anyone updates a post.
 *     ```
       [Wed Mar 19 16:36:54 2014] [warn] [client 10.180.11.135] mod_fcgid: read data timeout in 45 seconds, referer: http://www.movieguide.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=484557&action=edit
       [Wed Mar 19 16:36:54 2014] [error] [client 10.180.11.135] Premature end of script headers: post.php, referer: http://www.movieguide.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=484557&action=edit
       ```
   
 * And
 * mod_fcgid: stderr: WordPress database error You have an error in your SQL syntax;
   check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right 
   syntax to use near ‘LIMIT 1’ at line 1 for query SELECT meta_value FROM wp_postmeta
   WHERE meta_key = ‘_wp_attached_file’ AND post_id = LIMIT 1 made by require(‘wp-
   blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘/
   themes/movieguide/single.php’), include(‘/themes/movieguide/single-reviews.php’),
   W3_Db->query, W3_DbCache->query, W3_DbCallUnderlying->query, W3_Db->query, W3_DbProcessor-
   >query, W3_Db->default_query\`
    \` The problems arise anytime someone is logged
   in and they try to edit and update a page. The backend is also rather slow. I
   have also been looking at a ton of the suggestiosn on other threads but they 
   havent seemed to work. Upping the define( ‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’ );
 * Im just not even sure where to look anymore. Any insight would b fantastic and
   much appreciated.
 * The site is movieguide.org

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 *  [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/)
 * (@wpranger)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-500-postphp-error-read-data-timeout/#post-4723868)
 * What happens if you turn off W3 Total Cache. Speaking of which, do you realise
   you’ve got its debug option turned on? There’s a whole raft of stuff spat out
   at the end of your page if you view the source.
 * Maybe try turning debug off and see if things improve?
 *  Thread Starter [maxwellmovieguide](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxwellmovieguide/)
 * (@maxwellmovieguide)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-500-postphp-error-read-data-timeout/#post-4724017)
 * Things improved but overall it still occurs. Now posts will be able to edit and
   update without crashing but its still takes about 25-30 seconds for it to save.
   Feel like that might be too long.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-500-postphp-error-read-data-timeout/#post-4724017)
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