HTTP 500 Internal Server Error

  • Resolved mirgcire

    (@mirgcire)


    11 years, 1 month ago

    I am setting up a local instance of XAMPP so I can verify the backup of my site on BlueHost. Installed XAMPP, started apache and mysql, then I went to add the DB .. I called it “wordpressdev”. After that, I pointed my browser at “localhost” and it opened the configuration page. Then it dawned on me that if I named my local DB the same as my backup DB things would go more smoothly (actually not really sure if this is true). So I went back to phpmyadmin, dropped the “wordpressdev” table and added a new table with the same name as the backup. So imagine my surprise when I tried to point my browser at localhost again and this time I got HTTP 500.

    Does anyone have a suggestion for fixing this, or can tell me why it might have happened?

    Thanks!

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  • Thread Starter mirgcire

    (@mirgcire)

    Okay … I added the wordpressdev table back in and the error went away. So it must have this string cached somewhere.

    …found it. Changed the DB_NAME to “lightnm0_wor1” in the <wordpress>/wp-config.php file. Now I can load the localhost page without error.

    I just have to wonder: how hard would it be to generate an error message that would tell me why HTTP 500 was being returned?

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