loginstyle.php not loading - server 500 error [solved]

[chrisbt]

I have an issue with loginstyle.php not loading for the login page, so page is rendered without any CSS.

The reported error is a server 500 error. The same result happens on multiple browsers/machines, and on 2 different test sites, both 2.1.2.

If I navigate directly to /admin/loginstyle.php or if debug mode is turned on then it all works perfectly and css is delivered.

I am sure I have had a similar issue in the past with older installations but never got to the bottom of it. I would like to solve this now with the lovely new CMSMS v2 and make it look 100% from start to finish with a new client's website.

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Cms Version: 2.1.2
Installed Modules:
AdminSearch: 1.0
CGExtensions: 1.51.1
CGFeedMaker: 1.0.20
CGFeedback: 1.7.5
CGGoogleMaps2: 0.99.3
CGSimpleSmarty: 2.0.5
CGSmartImage: 1.21
CMSContentManager: 1.1
CMSMailer: 6.2.14
Captcha: 0.5.2
CustomGS: 2.1
DesignManager: 1.1.1
ECB: 1.7.1
FileManager: 1.5.2
FormBuilder: 0.8.1.3
Gallery: 2.1
JMFilePicker: 1.0
JQueryTools: 1.3.8
LISE: 1.1
LISEWidgets: 1.1
MenuManager: 1.50.2
MicroTiny: 2.0.3
ModuleManager: 2.0.2
Navigator: 1.0.2
News: 2.50.4
Outsourcer: 1.3.1
Search: 1.50.2
TinyMCE: 3.1.2

Config Information:
php_memory_limit:
max_upload_size: 32000000
url_rewriting: mod_rewrite
page_extension: .html
query_var: page
auto_alias_content: true
locale:
set_names: true
timezone: Europe/London
permissive_smarty: false

Php Information:
phpversion: 5.6.16
md5_function: On (True)
json_function: On (True)
gd_version: 2
tempnam_function: On (True)
magic_quotes_runtime: Off (False)
E_ALL: 22519
E_STRICT: 0
E_DEPRECATED: 0
test_file_timedifference: No time difference found
test_db_timedifference: No time difference found
create_dir_and_file: 1
memory_limit: 128M
max_execution_time: 120
register_globals: Off (False)
output_buffering: 1
disable_functions:
open_basedir:
test_remote_url: Success
file_uploads: On (True)
post_max_size: 32M
upload_max_filesize: 32M
session_save_path: /tmp (1777)
session_use_cookies: On (True)
xml_function: On (True)
xmlreader_class: On (True)
check_ini_set: On (True)
curl: On

Performance Information:
allow_browser_cache: Off (False)
browser_cache_expiry: 60
php_opcache: Off (False)
smarty_cache: Off (False)
smarty_compilecheck: Off (False)
smarty_cache_udt: Off (False)
auto_clear_cache_age: On (True)
Server Information:
Server Software: Apache
Server Api: cgi-fcgi
Server Os: Linux 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.x86_64 On x86_64
Server Db Type: MySQL (mysqli)
Server Db Version: 5.5.47
Server Db Grants: Found a "GRANT ALL" statement that appears to be suitable

Permission Information:
tmp: /home/binnodev/public_html/oldvillageshop2/tmp (0755)
tmp_cache: /home/binnodev/public_html/oldvillageshop2/tmp/cache (0755)
templates_c: /home/binnodev/public_html/oldvillageshop2/tmp/templates_c (0755)
modules: /home/binnodev/public_html/oldvillageshop2/modules (0755)
uploads: /home/binnodev/public_html/oldvillageshop2/uploads (0755)
File Creation Mask (umask): /home/binnodev/public_html/oldvillageshop2/tmp/cache (0755)
config_file: 0644
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[chrisbt]

I'm nott sure I am any closer to a solution, however I have found that if I set (in php.ini), the loginstyle.php loads perfectly:
display_errors = On

Also (although not sure if it is related), if I set the following:
error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED

I get the error message: Notice: Only variable references should be returned by reference in /home/binnodev/public_html/oldvillageshop2/lib/classes/class.useroperations.inc.php on line 212

I can't find any errors reported anywhere to work out why loginstyle.php is just returning a server error.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Chris

[chrisbt]

Ok... I think I finally got there:

realised that I should not have had the following in php.ini (actually .user.ini):
display_errors = Off

It's been there for years, can't even remember why it was added!

It's now gone, and admin login CSS is back