Title: Database and Header error using Lighttpd and FastCGI Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Database and Header error using Lighttpd and FastCGI * [tseven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tseven/) * (@tseven) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-and-header-error-using-lighttpd-and-fastcgi/) * I have full control of my server so I decided to run Lighttpd and FastCGI running on Ubuntu server (all latest versions). * Everything seems to work fine EXCEPT the comment system. * I’ve reverted to a 100% default installation of WordPress to eliminate any theme/ plugin conflicts. * When posting a comment I get this error: * > ``` > WordPress database error: [MySQL server has gone away] > SELECT * FROM wp_comments WHERE comment_ID = '13' LIMIT 1 > > Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/vhosts/publicvent.com/subdomains/t7/httpdocs/blog/wp-includes/wp-db.php:133) in /var/www/vhosts/publicvent.com/subdomains/t7/httpdocs/blog/wp-comments-post.php on line 67 > > Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/vhosts/publicvent.com/subdomains/t7/httpdocs/blog/wp-includes/wp-db.php:133) in /var/www/vhosts/publicvent.com/subdomains/t7/httpdocs/blog/wp-comments-post.php on line 68 > > Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/vhosts/publicvent.com/subdomains/t7/httpdocs/blog/wp-includes/wp-db.php:133) in /var/www/vhosts/publicvent.com/subdomains/t7/httpdocs/blog/wp-comments-post.php on line 69 > > Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/vhosts/publicvent.com/subdomains/t7/httpdocs/blog/wp-includes/wp-db.php:133) in /var/www/vhosts/publicvent.com/subdomains/t7/httpdocs/blog/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 331 > ``` > * You may see it live in action [here](http://t7.publicvent.net/blog/), just try leaving a comment. * The comment still gets sent to the database and will show up once refreshed. * I have read around and tried some older fixes I’ve found, none of which work on 2.2. * The problem for the header seems to be in how the cookies are handled. * Even the code of the wp-includes/pluggable.php hint towards this. * ``` // Cookie safe redirect. Works around IIS Set-Cookie bug. // http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q176113/ if ( !function_exists('wp_redirect') ) : function wp_redirect($location, $status = 302) { global $is_IIS; $location = apply_filters('wp_redirect', $location, $status); if ( !$location ) // allows the wp_redirect filter to cancel a redirect return false; $location = preg_replace('|[^a-z0-9-~+_.?#=&;,/:%]|i', '', $location); $location = wp_kses_no_null($location); $strip = array('%0d', '%0a'); $location = str_replace($strip, '', $location); if ( $is_IIS ) { header("Refresh: 0;url=$location"); } else { if ( php_sapi_name() != 'cgi-fcgi' ) //status_header($status); // This causes problems on IIS and some FastCGI setups header("Location: $location"); } } ``` * As for the database error, this is strange,. the install of MySQL is 100% default. I haven’t changed or tweaked a thing. * ANY suggestions or pointers on how I may resolve these problems will be **GREATLY** appreciated. * Thanks in advance, Steven Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Thread Starter [tseven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tseven/) * (@tseven) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-and-header-error-using-lighttpd-and-fastcgi/#post-588943) * I’m not sure why my post doesn’t show up in the search, but thought I’d give it a *bump*. * Thanks * [smatthews](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smatthews/) * (@smatthews) * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-and-header-error-using-lighttpd-and-fastcgi/#post-589130) * I’ve had this same exact problem on Bluehost. No solution yet, and could use some help also. * Steve * [smatthews](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smatthews/) * (@smatthews) * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-and-header-error-using-lighttpd-and-fastcgi/#post-589131) * Follow up. Works fine once FastCGI is shut down. * [mwhistle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mwhistle/) * (@mwhistle) * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-and-header-error-using-lighttpd-and-fastcgi/#post-589155) * smatthews, thanks for posting that follow-up. Disabling fastCGI on BlueHost fixed my comment posting problem (same as original poster) and several other issues too. I was just about to re-install WordPress when I found your post. Thanks for saving me the headache. * [meonkeys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meonkeys/) * (@meonkeys) * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-and-header-error-using-lighttpd-and-fastcgi/#post-589189) * I’m also on Bluehost, using WordPress 2.3.1. Disabling FastCGI fixed anonymous comment posting for me. Thanks! * [meonkeys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meonkeys/) * (@meonkeys) * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-and-header-error-using-lighttpd-and-fastcgi/#post-589190) * Ticket entered to track this issue: [http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5382](http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5382) Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Database and Header error using Lighttpd and FastCGI’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [cookie](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cookie/) * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/) * [fastcgi](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fastcgi/) * [header already sent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/header-already-sent/) * [lighttpd](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/lighttpd/) * [MySQL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mysql/) * [MySQL server has gone away](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mysql-server-has-gone-away/) * [session](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/session/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 6 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [meonkeys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meonkeys/) * Last activity: [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-and-header-error-using-lighttpd-and-fastcgi/#post-589190) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics