On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 22:10 -0400, Shawn Simmons wrote: > Wrote a small script to connect to the MySql database. Tried to run the > script (http://localhost/dbscript.php) and I get a 500 Internal Server > error. I have been up and down the web for two days looking for a solution > and I am completely frustrated. I HAVE to be missing something. PLEASE > PLEASE PLEASE help. Thanks. > Check permissions and ownership on the file. That often happens when the permissions are set to 0777 as opposed to 755 (in *nix speak), so check that the webserver user has read and execute access on the file and that it ownds the directory etc -- Paul http://www.paulscott.za.net http://twitter.com/paulscott56 http://avoir.uwc.ac.za -- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php