Title: HELP! Getting a “Error 500: Script Execution Failure”
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# HELP! Getting a “Error 500: Script Execution Failure”

 *  [bi411blog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bi411blog/)
 * (@bi411blog)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-getting-a-error-500-script-execution-failure/)
 * I am using awardspace.com as a host and for some reason when i try to run the
   install file I get the following error. I am able to get passed the database 
   connection, but not this. I went through some of the possible solutins below,
   but im still getting this error. Please help!
 * Thanks
 * Error 500: Script Execution Failure
    Description: The server encountered an internal
   error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
 * Most common reasons for returning this error message are:
 * • File Upload Mode
    When you upload Perl, CGI scripts via FTP you should use 
   always ASCII mode. If you get “Error 500: Script Execution Failure” you should
   check whether your FTP client uses ASCII mode when uploading your scripts, because
   if it uses BINARY mode to upload your scripts they won’t work on the server. 
   The problem caused by wrong upload mode is associated with the way different 
   operating systems handle the “end of line” character. Unix system uses a “line-
   feed” (LF), Windows uses a “carriage-return” (CR) and “line-feed” (LF) pair. 
   That’s why it is very important that you set the uploading mode to ASCII.
 * • File Permissions
    When you upload scripts via FTP the file permissions are 
   set by default to 755. If you get “Error 500: Script Execution Failure” you should
   check whether your scripts have 755 permissions. Otherwise your scripts have 
   lower level of permissions and does not support execution upon request. The octal
   representation of the 755 permission is equal to the following textual format:-
   rwxr-xr-x Most FTP clients support the CHMOD command which is used for setting
   file permissions. In case you have set improper permissions to your scripts, 
   use your FTP client and set “Read, Write, Execute” permissions for the owner,“
   Read, Execute” permissions for the group and everyone else.
 * • Script Errors
    This is the third well known reason for getting “Error 500: 
   Script Execution Failure” upon execution of your scripts. Check your scripts 
   for any obvious syntax or programming errors to make sure your code is not broken.

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 *  [pablo_joaquin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pablo_joaquin/)
 * (@pablo_joaquin)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-getting-a-error-500-script-execution-failure/#post-426921)
 * I think you have php 4.1.1
    Try update to php 5.1.2 to work.
 *  [mati22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mati22/)
 * (@mati22)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-getting-a-error-500-script-execution-failure/#post-426957)
 * hi…. sorry, but that is to much for me 🙁
    someone can tellme how i can update
   the php 4.1.1 to 5.1.2?? i have the same problem like bi411blog with the same
   host
 * Ty for your time
 *  [mati22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mati22/)
 * (@mati22)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-getting-a-error-500-script-execution-failure/#post-426958)
 * … no one?
 *  [somebaudy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/somebaudy/)
 * (@somebaudy)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-getting-a-error-500-script-execution-failure/#post-427028)
 * I believe this is something you have to ask your hosting company.

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