{"flag":true,"single":true,"pageTitle":"If website is not working even index.php contains only simple code like echo \"abc\";","post":{"id":344,"user_id":"1","slug":"if-website-is-not-working-even-index-php-contains-only-simple-code-like-echo-abc--ohr5","title":"If website is not working even index.php contains only simple code like echo \"abc\";","body":"

if you changed index.php to die(\"its cool\"); and the site still shows the same 500 error, then the request is probably not reaching that file.<\/p>\r\n

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  1. Check document root<\/strong> in hosting<\/li>\r\n
  2. create simple html file and Check if .html executed or not<\/li>\r\n
  3. create simple php file and check if .php executed or not<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

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    1. If test.html<\/strong> gives 500: this is server\/vhost config,<\/strong><\/li>\r\n
    2. If HTML works but test.php<\/strong> gives 500: PHP handler\/config<\/strong> issue in Plesk.<\/li>\r\n
    3. If both work but homepage gives 500: WordPress\/plugin\/theme\/rewrite issue.

      how to fix<\/strong>
      1. check .user.ini<\/strong> if any auto_prepend_file in it, issue is in that file fix it. (user.ini contains configration of current folder like php.ini for whole engine)
      2. <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

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