Title: HTTP Error 500 following php edit, cannot access admin panel.
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# HTTP Error 500 following php edit, cannot access admin panel.

 *  [EvolvewithEVO.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evolvewithevocom/)
 * (@evolvewithevocom)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-following-php-edit-cannot-access-admin-panel/)
 * I was editing the function.php page in the theme editor, and when I hit “Update
   File”, I got the Internal Server Error notification.
 * I can navigate back in my browser to the php editor, and I have tried replacing
   the original code and resubmitting it, but I get the same result. I can go even
   further back to previously navigated pages, but I cannot access any parts of 
   the site that are not in my immediate browser history.
 * The site is externally down as well as the entire admin control panel.
 * Very confused…anyone have any idea what might have happened? Many thanks in advance!

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 *  Thread Starter [EvolvewithEVO.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evolvewithevocom/)
 * (@evolvewithevocom)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-following-php-edit-cannot-access-admin-panel/#post-3395382)
 * Additional info: url is the same as my username, [http://www.evolvewithevo.com](http://www.evolvewithevo.com).
   Thanks again!
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-following-php-edit-cannot-access-admin-panel/#post-3395397)
 * Yikes… that sure is a big blank white-space in my browser! If you’re fairly confident
   that it was just editing the functions.php file that caused the issue, then grab
   a fresh copy of functions.php from the backup copy of the theme you were working
   on, and just replace the file using your ftp client or the file manager in hosts
   control panel. That should probably set you free again.
 *  Thread Starter [EvolvewithEVO.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evolvewithevocom/)
 * (@evolvewithevocom)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-following-php-edit-cannot-access-admin-panel/#post-3395402)
 * You, Sir Clayton James, have saved the day.
 * I will keep my hands out of the php-coding cookie jar from now on. It took me
   some searching, but I was ultimately able to locate functions.php in the file
   manager and get rid of the block of shoddy code that put the whole thing under.
   Maybe this was an elementary error, but without you I would have been totally
   lost.
 * Thanks mate!
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-following-php-edit-cannot-access-admin-panel/#post-3395405)
 * You’re quite welcome. No reason to shy away from it. That’s how you get good 
   at it. Just be sure to always make a backup before you edit and you’re always
   good to go!
 *  Thread Starter [EvolvewithEVO.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evolvewithevocom/)
 * (@evolvewithevocom)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-following-php-edit-cannot-access-admin-panel/#post-3395407)
 * I suppose that’s true. I do keep the backups, and at least now I know how to 
   troubleshoot. Thanks for the help! =)

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