PHP Application Errors on Win27?

Customer Support H-Sphere Reseller Hosting
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Not sure if this is a server issue or just mine, but there might be a problem installing certain PHP Applications on Win27.

Today I tried to install Wordpress on it, and I kept getting this error:

CGI Error The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers.

I initially thought it was a php error and I submitted a ticket, but apparent php was working fine.

So I searched around and I found this solution:
CGI Error With Pages | WordPress.org

And it appears that this is a common problem when trying to install wordpress in an IIS environment (and apparent it’s only on newer/faster servers?)

Because I’ve never had problems installing it on Win2.

Anyway, using the above solution I was able to install Wordpress.

ETA: Just wanted to say that Wordpress might also be at fault.

I got this error when installing the most recent release 2.3.2 on IIS. However I didn’t get this error when I installed in on the Linux servers.

However, when I went back and installed the previous version (2.3.1) on IIS, there was no error. So it might be a mix of both.

Anyway thought this might help someone :slight_smile:

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I had the exact same error using Wordpress on a different IIS/Win server. I contacted support and although I am not sure what they did exactly they were able to correct the problem and I was able to then run the latest version of Wordpress.

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Just FYI, I’ve just installed the latest WP (v2.3) and encountered the same problem, on Win7. Just filed a ticket, hopefully that will fix it.

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I guess I replied your ticket. For others trying to install Wordpress 2.3.3 on Windows hosting accounts, they should install Wordpress 2.3.1 and upgrade to 2.3.3 from there.

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Thanks Tanmaya, yep that did the trick.

I must say, WP might take “5 minutes” to install as they say, but it then takes a couple of days to debug. As soon as I wanted to use a new feature of it, I had to look up how others got it to work without problems.

I highly recommend to everyone, change the default page editor from TinyMCE (which is lacking in features) to FCKEdit. The plugin can be found here:
http://www.deanlee.cn/wordpress/fckeditor-for-wordpress-plugin/