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This error can appear in different ways, but they all mean the same thing. According to the website, the message “500 Internal Server Error”, “Error 500”, “HTTP Error 500”, “500. This is an error, “” Temporary Error (500) “or simply the error code” 500 “.
However, you see this displayed, this is an error with the HTTP status code 500. The error code 500 is a generic message that appears when something unexpected happens on the Web server and that the server can not offer more specific information. Rather than giving you a normal web page, an error has occurred on the web server. This has assigned your browser a web page with an error message instead of a normal web page.
How to Fix Internal Server Error 500 ?
Method 1: Restart the browser after clearing the cache and deleting the cookies
The 500 Internal Server error is not often related to caching issues, but sometimes the problem may be resolved after you clear the browser cache and cookies. It’s not something you need a high technical knowledge.
Method 2: In Google Chrome you can clear the cache and cookies by following the below steps.
1) Press Ctrl + Shift + Delete.
2) You will get a window to clear the browsing data. Ensure that the boxes are checked as in the below screenshot.
3) Click on the button “Clear browsing data”.
To clear cache and cookies in Mozilla Firefox,
Please follow the below steps to clear cache.
1) Press Ctrl + Shift + Delete.
2) You will get a window regarding clear recent history. Ensure that the boxes are checked as in the below screenshot.
3) Click on the button “Clear Now”.
Troubleshooting the 500 Internal Server Error from Server Side
If you are the webmaster or administrator of the website, you can also resolve the server-side error. As we saw earlier, the 500 Internal Server error can be caused by many problems. However, we will see some common problems causing this error.
1) External Resource Timeout
2) Issues triggered by wrong file and directory permissions
3) Misconfiguration in .htaccess file
External Resource Timeout
Sometimes, the Web server may require responses from a remote server to process a client’s request. There may be situations in which these external resources may expire. This can be a php timeout. In this case, the web server will return an error of 500 internal server. We can correct this error by increasing the time-out values or by setting other appropriate time-out options so that the remote server does not return a time-out error, but is waiting for the processing time to complete. request.
Issues triggered by Wrong File and Directory Permissions
This is the cause of most internal server errors. If the permission of one or more additional files or directories needed to process the client request is incorrectly set, the server will not be able to access it, so the error will be returned. The bad permission of a php script is an example of this type problem. This problem can be resolved by resetting the appropriate permissions on the file or directory.
Misconfiguration in .htaccess file
Another common cause of 500 Internal Server Error is a bad configuration in the .htaccess file. URL rewrite errors can cause, but not often, an error of 500 internal server. Locating and fixing the wrong configuration in the .htaccess file can solve this problem.