> I'm not seeing anything > in the access log file except the reference to the 500 error > Running > a php cli on the php file does not return any errors Check the error log. Sounds like a permissions issue. Check the owner of the file. And recursive permissions. Are directories all 0755? > i'm using cPanel Unless you a web host, IMHO, cPanel doesn't make admin easier. Better just to learn how to do it manually. Best of luck. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx