Vbulletin Search function giving Internal Server Error

[kerrghann]

Alright, I've had an issue with my search bar for awhile. Every time someone tries to search for anything, it gives out an Internal Server Error.

I am currently updating my counters, especially the section for rebuilding my search index. That last portion is slow going because I have roughly 2.2 million posts (writing forum, go figure).

I'm not sure if this will even fix the issue so I figured I'd ask and see if anyone has had any similar issues or if anyone can offer some insight and advice?

Originally Posted by Exact error

Internal Server Error

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

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@rpgchat.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[kh99]

You could disable plugins and see if that makes any difference: edit you config.php and temporarily add the following line (at the top just under the <?php line):

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

You could check for errors in log files (or ask your host to do it, if you don't do the server admin yourself). Other than that, it's hard to guess without any more info.

[kerrghann]

I found out that trying to do any search that utilizes the database to search for posts fails as well, including the What's New tab and the widget for recent activity.

I'll have to try that code when I can. Thank you for the advice. If you think of anything else I'd love to ear it as well.