White Screen of death when creating & deleting tables, uploading/exporting files

  • Resolved PPDPurveyor

    (@peoples_pundit)


    9 years, 8 months ago

    Sadly, this is exactly what the title suggests. I think I may have a corrupted table — one that was never populated — but I cannot even delete it because I get the white screen of death. I can export HTML, but not CSV nor import other data. I use the table mainly for polling aggregation, so the tables (for example, Obama’s job approval rating, are getting a bit large. I am thinking of implementing DataTables on the site, but that would likely require page/post templates each time I want to create a table. And I really don’t want to have to do that.

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  • Plugin Author TobiasBg

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.

    You will have to find out what’s causing that white screen. One idea could be to set the WP_DEBUG constant to true in the wp-config.php file, according to https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Editing_wp-config.php#Debug
    Then, depending on what you find, you might also want to test again after temporarily deactivating all other plugins except TablePress and after switching to a WordPress default theme like TwentyFifteen, to rule out any interference.

    Regards,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter PPDPurveyor

    (@peoples_pundit)

    Hi Tobias,

    I thought you might want to know I fixed this issue. It’s a good thing, too, because your plugin is great. I bought wpDataTables, which I did not like at all compared to your plugin. Anyway, it was a server configuration issue. The max_input_vars was set too low for someone who tracks every major polling issue and state-nationwide election. I went into the server console and located the php.ini (on a dedicated server) and increased from 1000 to 9999 and also the max response time.

    Now, all is well! Thank God!

    Plugin Author TobiasBg

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    very cool! Good to hear that you were able to track this down and then fix it!
    It’s very interesting that the max_input_vars config var plays a role here. I’ll keep this in mind, in case someone else runs into the same issue.

    Best wishes,
    Tobias

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