PHP pages not running within a subdirectory?

**leebert45** · 07-30-2010, 10:01 AM

Folks,

I am working on a friends site. To allow his existing site to stay up and running and still be able to test the new site on his server, I created a folder (subdirectory) named "new". Initially .htm files wouldn't run, so I changed the permission on that folder to 777. That resolved the .htm files, however I am still having the same issues with .php files. To test them I need to put them in the root folder. Which really doesn't makes sense to me. Any suggestions? I have tried changing the permissions on the .php files as well, but this didn't seem to resolve the issue.

Thanks.

Leebert

**chrishirst** · 07-30-2010, 10:59 AM

And the "issue" is exactly?

wouldn't run is a little vague.

**leebert45** · 08-03-2010, 10:42 AM

I get an error which reads:
Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

**chrishirst** · 08-08-2010, 09:12 AM

Then you either have an error in your PHP code that only manifests itself in a sub-folder or an error in the .htaccess file in that directory.

**sky9_dan** · 08-08-2010, 02:43 PM

Honestly, it could be the host. What do you use?

**justinp** · 08-08-2010, 03:08 PM

The problem is most likely due to you setting the permissions to 777. Most shared web hosts use suPHP, and it will not run scripts with insecure permissions. Try setting the permissions of the PHP files to 644 or lower, and any directories in which PHP scripts are executed to 755 or lower.