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The completely blank page resulting from an internal server error is called "White Screen of Death."

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How to see the error messages when I get the white screen of death?

How can I see the error messages when the site I am working on gets a white screen?
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White screen of death: Fatal error: Allowed memory size of X bytes exhausted

I have a issue with my Drupal installation, for example: when I enable or disable the modules, It redirects me to a blank page, when I create a new content type and save it, redirects me to a blank ...
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Friendly error page to replace WSOD

This should be the easiest thing to do, but for some reason I just can't get it done. I'm trying to get a friendly static error page to replace nasty 500 scenarios. For now I'm just trying to ...
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How do I disable a module when Drush or the GUI doesnt work?

My site just gives a WSOD and throws this error: Error: Unsupported operand types in sites/all/modules/rules/includes/rules.state.inc, line 620 Since I can't even get to my site now without a WSOD,...
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What would cause a Drupal site to display a 500 error or a blank page depending on browsers? [closed]

After moving a site to the final server, I cannot anymore access the site. When I go to the home page, I get a WSD on Firefox, and a 500 error on Google Chrome. As it is a shared hosting, I cannot ...
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Red Herring Error : Class name must be valid object or string

After just having spent two days trying to get to the bottom of a particularly weird bug I thought I'd post up what my question would have been — if I had taken the time to write it — and ...
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500 error: Output filter: Response body too large

I recently copied a drupal 7 site from my development server to my production server. Everything on the site seems to be working as expected, except for when I log in as the admin user and try to ...
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WSOD on administration pages

Here are the facts: Made a clean install of Drupal 6.20 Installed and enabled Admin Menu module From this point on I can't access any admin/* page however I can access to both node/* and user/*... ...
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How do I fix a site after I removed a module?

I deleted a module without disabling and uninstalling it first. Now I just get a blank white screen, but I don't see any error messages. What can I try to fix this?
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Got error while posting comment

I'm using "Unpublish comments with keywords" action. I've just noticed a PHP error on submitting any comment. drupal_render() expects an array but comment_unpublish_by_keyword_action() calls it ...
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White page after enabling modules

I installed a pure Drupal on Windows/IIS6 share host, and uploaded several modules in (sites/all/modules). When I want to enable some module together, my administrative pages become white, but front ...
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WSOD after migrating to another site? Troubleshooting a site migration [closed]

I'm in the process of migrating from one URL to another, and I've got a WSOD. What I had done is to import the new database from the production server. I've copied all the files from another server ...
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How to enable module when there is a WSOD (blank page)?

Use case: I enabled a module, without enabling the required module. I saved the configuration on the modules page and it showed me the following screen - I clicked "Continue" and then I get the WSOD ...
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WSOD after PHP 5.3: Issue with call_user_func_array() in menu.inc

EDIT Nov 10: This has been solved by Letharion's suggestion to do a md5 file compare of my file with an original package file containing the function that was throwing the error. -- I was referred ...
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How can I trace a HTTP 500 (Internal Server Error) at `admin/reports/status`?

I get a HTTP 500 (Internal Server Error) at admin/reports/status I see no errors at admin/reports/dblog How can I trace this?
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PHP error 500 when including a left join on a pager query in db_select()

I've got a query which is causing a PHP error 500 whenever I add a left join: PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function orderBy() on a non-object Here's the query: $query = db_select('my_table',...
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Why I'm getting MySQL error that server has gone away? [duplicate]

I'm running: Drupal 7.34, PHP 5.4.16, MySQL 15.1 Distrib 5.5.41-MariaDB, for Linux I am getting a WSOD on just the module page after a move of server, everything else seems to be running ok. I've ...
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Blank pages or wsod on a recently migrated site to a godaddy server only after logging in

Just recently I finished my friend's site on my local wamp server. Looks great on that server. Now I tried to migrate the site to a Godaddy shared hosting account. I was able to get it all setup with ...
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WSOD when redirecting based on cookie

I have a site where I set a cookie when the user is visiting a specific content-type: function THEME_preprocess_node(&$variables) { if (isset($variables['node']) && $variables['node']-&...
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The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later (WSOD). Debugging scenario

After updating Drupal using drush my website says 'The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later'. with white screen(WSOD). Then when I tried to rebuild-cache using drush there ...
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Blank browser after clearing the cache

I migrated a site from windows xampp to ubuntu. It was working fine. But once I cleared the cache, the browser is showing blank screen.I tried going to different urls . I also tried clean urls but ...
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Error 500 only on permissions page

I know that there are a lot of topic concerning the famous error 500 but i didn't find my answer in one of them. Actually i have an error 500 when i load admin/people/permissions or when i'am trying ...
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twig dump() creates WSOD error

this is my first Drupal installation (I'm a symfony dev) and I've spent several hours trying to get dump() working. However it just causes a WSOD. Maybe related: I'm unable to install kint, there's ...
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WSOD while sending headers, probably Cache-related

I have a very strange problem with a fresh Drupal install: On some pages, I receive a WSOD with ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE: It happens for instance when on admin/config/development/performance I click Clear ...
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WSOD after chaning subtheme templates

I've added the page.tpl.php and the theme.api.php file to my bootstrap subtheme's template folder, refeshed and everything was fine. I added <h1>TEST</h1> to the page.tpl.php to check ...
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White Screen of Death on Chrome [closed]

So I'm getting a white screen of death on my newly created Drupal 7 site that was working fine until a minute ago. This is only happening on Chrome, the site works fine on IE and FF. On chrome, the ...
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WSOD when trying to configure menu with many items

I have a menu with many nested/multi-lingual menu items (I don’t know the exact number, probably something around 2000-3000). Whenever I try to visit its configuration page in the backend (/admin/...
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Getting WSOD, can't view any errors even after editing index.php

I've tried entering: error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set('display_errors', TRUE); ini_set('display_startup_errors', TRUE); at the beginning of my index.php file (after begin php tag and it hasn't done ...
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WSOD in homepage

I am getting WSOD just in homepage and the hardest part is it is not giving any clue of what is the error. Tried to check the error log but there is no error. Tried also to add this in the index.php ...
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Troubleshooting a Drupal HTTP 500 when there are no error log messages

I have reviewed some websites on how to troubleshoot HTTP 500 on a Drupal site and most often I have seen a PHP error by running drush ws in the console, however, I have been running into an oddity ...
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I'm now getting the following errors on my site and not sure how to proceed [closed]

Started getting the following error on my views admin page after updating to 8.2.0-rc1, have tried searching for related issues with no success as yet. Seeking help from someone better versed in ...
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Unable to create new users with Organic Groups module installed

I have Organic Groups version 7.x-2.9 installed on a Drupal 7.50 install. When I try to add users from /admin/people/create I get a white screen and the error PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined ...
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WSOD - White screen of death only for administrator [duplicate]

I'm Getting white screen of death only for administrator user for the Drupal site i'm working on. I don't have any problem with users of other roles. Once I try to log in using admin credentials I'm ...
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White screen of death errors

I have come across an error that I have been having difficulty fixing. I am suspicious the problem is the "Primary script unknown" error, but I am lost. There is an reoccurring Fatal Error, but it is ...
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Drupal 7 White Screen of Death when adding content type [duplicate]

When I navigate to /?q=admin/structure/types/add in order to add a content type, I get a white screen of death. I'm running Drupal version 7.41 on Windows 2008 r2. Can someone walk me through the ...
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Getting WSOD after attempting to upload an images from desktop

I am unable to upload an image from my desktop in Drupal 7. I am trying to upload an image to a blog without using Ckeditor. I have created a field for the image and assigned it as image. All looks ...
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I get a white screen with nothing in the source when i update a content type to include a location

So I have a site running drupal 7, i have a content type called seminar... inside that content type I have a form field for location to be added, but not required(if required would never save) So I ...
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WSOD when enabling a module [duplicate]

Enabling the Comment module, I get WSOD everywhere. Suspecting insufficient memory, I have added to sites/default/default.settings.php the following statement : ini_set('memory_limit', '128M'); ...
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White screen appears when viewing huge number of nodes as view result

I have a View which display fields of nodes. I have to display all of the items. I cannot introduce a Pager. There are approximately 4000 nodes as the result of the view. The View preview works ...
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WSOD on admin/modules/install

I have a clean installation Drupal7. In page Modules -> Install new module -> Upload a module or theme archive to install I select views-7.x-3.7.tar.gz (previously downloaded from drupal.org) and ...
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WSOD on 7.20 after failed attempt to update web form, media, ctools, context modules

Attempted to run security updates for those modules. Update failed. Can't login. WSOD. (Hosted on Bluehost shared server) Error Message from log: PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function ...
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WSOD for logged users after upgrading some module

I have updated the following modules on my website: ctools context devel ds libraries metatag pathologic rel_to_abs variable webform After the upgrade whenever I log in, I am not able to access ...
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Moving from subdirectory to root

When I installed Drupal, I put it in a subfolder /drupal. Got everything set up and then moved everything into my root folder. When I went to the site I got this error: Failed opening required '/...
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Really strange WSOD after submitting a form/add to cart

I've read everywhere, but just can't seem to find an answer for my particular problem. Basically when I click 'add to cart', or 'login'. I get a white screen of death with absolutely no errors. ...
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Moved drupal 7 site to new domain, white screen of death

I've recently moved a drupal site to a different hosting section on the same server, the new site is under a different domain. If I edit settings.php to the new database settings, the site white ...
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programmatically submit form via drupal_form_submit causing WSOD

I hate the title to my question but this is basically what is happening. WSOD is killing me and I can not figure this one out. Basically what i am doing is attempting to have any user navigate to a ...
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With a WSOD upon deployment of a site, should I first clear the cache, check watchdog logs, or check the Apache logs?

With a WSOD upon deployment of a Drupal 8 site, should I first clear the cache, check watchdog logs, check the Apache logs, or something else? I read the Drupal WSOD triage information here But it ...
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Why does my site whitescreen with content? [closed]

I am creating a drupal 8 site. I have only installed two modules so far, Devel and Varnish. However anytime I try to create an article and save it any page on the site that isn't an admin page is ...
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Accesing blocks from the server via FTP

So I created a custom block and put the block on every page but unfortunately the block causes a white screen... I can't login to change the block because the block is on every page, as I mentioned. ...
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WSOD "The provided host name is not valid for this server"

My Drupal 8 site only works with www. but without it I'm getting a WSOD with the "The provided host name is not valid for this server" error. I've tried to implement the suggestions from this thread: ...
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