3.89 Vanished from display

[dansurge]

Vbulletin dissapeared from displaying and all files are still on server, no database error. Vers 3.89... No upgrades or changes made it just up and vanished. No 404 error, just "this page can not be displayed" domain and all subpages are fine. Someone got an idea?

[blind-eddie]

Link to site?

[Dave]

What's the server status code? 200? 500?
Anything in the error logs of Apache/PHP?

[dansurge]

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/xxxxx/public_html/forum/includes/config.php
Line: 1

No admin panel.. Tried to define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true); in config.php

Tried overwriting fresh forum files, even tried a 4.2 version of vb I have aswell. no luck.

Deleted forum folder and I'm in the process of reupping the most current version I had.

It just originally dissapeared no message until I added the disable hooks, which led to the cookies/header error. when it first crashed blank page in IE, no 500 no 404 ect..

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by dansurge

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/xxxxx/public_html/forum/includes/config.php
Line: 1

That's typical result when editing the config.php file with something like notepad. That inserts a character on line one you cannot see with notepad, that crashes the config file.

Edit it with a real text editor like notepad++ or TextEdit.

[Dave]

That's caused by a BOM.
Fix: http://stackoverflow.com/a/8432691/1961685

[Max Taxable]

Byte Order Mark, yes.

[dansurge]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

That's typical result when editing the config.php file with something like notepad. That inserts a character on line one you cannot see with notepad, that crashes the config file.

Edit it with a real text editor like notepad++ or TextEdit.

Just saved it in text++ same issue remains.

--------------- Added [DATE]1454357455[/DATE] at [TIME]1454357455[/TIME] ---------------

Ok, encoded config.php in UTF only without BOM, reuploaded and now I get a database error:

Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in /home/xxxxx/public_html/forum/dbtech/dbseo/includes/class_db.php on line 204

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by dansurge

Just saved it in text++ same issue remains.

--------------- Added [DATE]1454357455[/DATE] at [TIME]1454357455[/TIME] ---------------

Ok, encoded config.php in UTF only without BOM, reuploaded and now I get a database error:

Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in /home/xxxxx/public_html/forum/dbtech/dbseo/includes/class_db.php on line 204

You disabled the hooks?

Just saved it in text++ same issue remains.

Yeah, if you didn't remove the BOM before saving it would remain.

[dansurge]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

You disabled the hooks?Yeah, if you didn't remove the BOM before saving it would remain.

Removed Bom from Virgin config.php file saved, uploaded than the database error