I am dumb

[mknapper1]

i edited some of my phpbb code and now all i get is a blank white page... i didn't back it up so now what can i use to replace what i deleted i don't really want to have to restart all of the work and money i have spent into getting the forum running... what should i do

 

[RegFee]

i edited some of my phpbb code and now all i get is a blank white page... i didn't back it up so now what can i use to replace what i deleted i don't really want to have to restart all of the work and money i have spent into getting the forum running... what should i do

Your database should still be in tact. Do you know how to log into PHPmyadmin to check out your database? If so, just backup the database and reinstall the forum software if you can't figure out how to restore the site. You may have to reinstall any mods you made, but at least your database is probably still good.

 

[mknapper1]

even when i made the repair it still has the white page

 

[RazorNF]

Download a text/file comparison utility and use it to restore changes to your edited file, using the original file as a reference point.

 

[BeZazz]

have you looked in the error log/s to see what is causing the white page?

 

[samuofm]

have you looked in the error log/s to see what is causing the white page?

best advice there is.

if you have shell access, use tail -5 (your log file, mine would be /var/www/vhosts/DOMAIN/logs/error.log)

and reload the page

you honestly probably left out a semi colon or a quote or a bracket or something really trival

 

[mknapper1]

this is what my error log said

Error Log
Last 300 Error Log Messages in reverse order:

[Wed May 30 14:56:13 2007] [error] [client 24.57.73.197] File does not exist: /home/graphixm/public_html/404.shtml
[Wed May 30 14:56:13 2007] [error] [client 24.57.73.197] File does not exist: /home/graphixm/public_html/favicon.ico
[Wed May 30 09:25:39 2007] [error] [client 66.249.73.99] File does not exist: /home/graphixm/public_html/404.shtml
[Wed May 30 09:25:39 2007] [error] [client 66.249.73.99] File does not exist: /home/graphixm/public_html/robots.txt



so what does this mean

 

[gmtfan]

It means nothing.
You should see the whole logfile

 

[mknapper1]

huh ... i don't get what you mean i clicked the error log in my cpanel and then it showed me this

 

[kwan]

That doesn't mean anything. That's your access log.

You need to see the PHP error. Some forum software have a debug mode you can turn on, or try to find the line error_reporting(0) and disable it. If you can't find that either try adding error_reporting(E_ALL) to your index.php