| Re: Forum displays PHP code, not website [message #177380 is a reply to message #177379] |
Thu, 22 March 2012 21:25   |
The Natural Philosoph
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M. Strobel wrote:
> Am 22.03.2012 20:38, schrieb Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn:
>> P E Schoen wrote:
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>>> "Dave Pyles" wrote:
>>>> P E Schoen wrote:
>>>> > Last night I wanted to check out a forum http://www.mytractorforum.com/,
>>>> > but instead of showing the forum, it displays the PHP code. I thought it
>>>> > was a temporary glitch, but it's going on almost 24 hours now. I don't
>>>> > really know how to contact them.
>> Try WHOIS.
>>
>>>> > But I'm wondering what may have happened. Hacked?
>>>> > Thanks,
>>>> Seems to be working correctly now.
>>> I tried again, and still saw the problem, but it was reloading the page
>>> from the cache. A refresh cleared it up. I still wonder what could have
>>> caused the source to be displayed. Would this happen if the PHP
>>> application on the server was missing or defective?
>> Yes.
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>> PointedEars
>
> Hmm - shure? He said "PHP application on the server was missing or defective?".
>
> Missing not, the code was displayed.
irrelevant.
The application is the web server. That wasn't missing.
The web server didn't give an error. Ergo whether the php worked or not
or was missing was never an issue.
The issue was that the web server considered the .php file to be a
simple text page to send.
Misconfigured web server.
Defective? Only when the application printed out
> PHP code - well, unlikely, but not impossible.
>
> /Str.
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To people who know too much, it is a sad fact
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