No 404 errors on non existent urls

[purtle]

Hi

Just finished a site build for a client using GetSimple - 2.01 and everything is great!

However one thing I have found is that when I visit a url that doesn't exist on the site, no error is thrown up - the screen is just blank.

Could anyone shed some light on this?

Thanks in advance.

[Zegnåt]

Could you enable debug mode? The screen should never be blank unless PHP is throwing errors early on that stop everything from rendering.

[purtle]

Hi Zegnåt

Have enabled debug mode, and this is what I get when I type a site url that doesn't exist. (Also I'm using fancy urls)

Notice: Constant GSIMAGEWIDTH already defined in /home/coffee/public_html/gsconfig.php on line 16

Notice: Constant GSDEBUG already defined in /home/coffee/public_html/gsconfig.php on line 19

Notice: Constant GSEDITORTOOL already defined in /home/coffee/public_html/gsconfig.php on line 31

Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.--construct]: Entity: line 3: parser error : Extra content at the end of the document in /home/coffee/public_html/admin/inc/404-mailer.php on line 110

Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.--construct]: /channel> in /home/coffee/public_html/admin/inc/404-mailer.php on line 110

Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.--construct]: ^ in /home/coffee/public_html/admin/inc/404-mailer.php on line 110

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'String could not be parsed as XML' in /home/coffee/public_html/admin/inc/404-mailer.php:110 Stack trace: #0 /home/coffee/public_html/admin/inc/404-mailer.php(110): SimpleXMLElement->__construct('<?xml version="...') #1 /home/coffee/public_html/index.php(41): include('/home/coffee/pu...') #2 {main} thrown in /home/coffee/public_html/admin/inc/404-mailer.php on line 110

[purtle]

anyone?

[dig412]

Can you post the contents of "data/other/logs/404monitoring.log.xml"?

Something in that file is causing the page to die before completion.

[purtle]

Hi dig412

The problem was a broken closing </channel> tag at the bottom of the xml.

I've fixed this and all is working well.

Thanks for the tip and pointing me in the right direction

Thanks again!

[Rene]

Hi,

Had exactly the same as purtle: just blank screen on 4O4!

In debug mode:

Code:

Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct(): Entity: line 3: parser error : Extra content at the end of the document in /home/dareis/domains/dare-is.nl/public_html/admin/inc/404-mailer.php on line 110
Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct(): Browser> in /home/dareis/domains/dare-is.nl/public_html/admin/inc/404-mailer.php on line 110
Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct(): ^ in /home/dareis/domains/dare-is.nl/public_html/admin/inc/404-mailer.php on line 110
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'String could not be parsed as XML' in /home/dareis/domains/dare-is.nl/public_html/admin/inc/404-mailer.php:110
Stack trace: #0 /home/dareis/domains/dare-is.nl/public_html/admin/inc/404-mailer.php(110): SimpleXMLElement->__construct('

After reading purtle last comments my first thought was a broken/corrupted xml file. The error in '404-mailer.php' (see above) was about creating a new entry in the 4O4 logging file "data/other/logs/404monitoring.log.xml". XML syntax in that file seems to be ok. Removed / deleted the file and 4O4 was working again

So everything works! Why am I reporting this? To help others with the same problem

[purtle]

Hi,

After reading purtle last comments my first thought was a broken/corrupted xml file. The error in '404-mailer.php' (see above) was about creating a new entry in the 4O4 logging file "data/other/logs/404monitoring.log.xml". XML syntax in that file seems to be ok. Removed / deleted the file and 4O4 was working again

Hi Rene

To clarify which file did you remove/delete: 404monitoring.log.xml or 404-mailer.php?

My problem has come back so my orginal fix didn't work

[Rene]

@purtle

Sorry, wasn't clear about that but I've removed the 404monitoring.log.xml !
This XML files is containing 4O4 log information and 404-mailer.php is making a new / clean one if this XML file doesn't exist.

Removing the 404-mailer.php (or any php file) is never a good idea.

Let me know if your problem stays

[purtle]

@Rene

Cool I've deleted 404monitoring.log.xml and the problem seems to be fixed!

Thanks for providing this help

[Rene]

Hi all,

Had it again - a blank screen on 4O4! I've checked 404monitoring.log.xml and there was an error on last line ???

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<channel>
.... (lines)
</channel>
Browser></entry></channel>

There is no need for last line, it's repeated??