$17
Comment post gives white page

Hello there. I have a rather peculiar problem. I'm developing a theme, and when posting comments, I get a blank page. And I have no clue whats causing it!

See: http://mightywp.freepsdtheme.com/can-avatar-sweep-the-oscar/

Now, here's what makes it odder. On another host site, using the same theme, comments work perfectly fine!

See it here: http://mighty.rohansync.com/hello-world

And, if I use the Default theme, comments work just fine.

Both servers are from MediaTemple, so its obviously not a host-specific thing.

I'd like you to figure out the problem - I've tried, to no avail.

Sync | 04/07/10 at 12:22pm | Edit

comments white

(4) Possible Answers Submitted...

Last edited:
04/07/10
12:26pm
Utkarsh Kukreti says:
Could you post the server error logs or add this to wp-config.php
```
define('WP_DEBUG', true);
```
This will help us to identify the problem.
- 04/07/10 12:34pm
  
  Sync says:
  You only want this on the error giving site, right?
  Done, btw.
- 04/07/10 12:40pm
  
  Utkarsh Kukreti says:
  I don't see any error appearing. Could you try looking for the PHP error log?
  http://kb.mediatemple.net/questions/663/System+Paths
- 04/07/10 1:15pm
  
  Sync says:
  OK, but what do I need to look for?
Last edited:
04/07/10
2:20pm
Buzu B says:
have you modified any of the templates? the difference I'm seeing is that the first one is not redirecting properly.IT actually is not even catching any error or saving any data. If i send a comment with the comments fields empty, it doesn't tell me to type a comment, so I'm guessing the issue is in wp-comments-post.php.

Another possibility, if you have not modified the theme is that the wp installation in the first case is too old to work, or too new. I see the first site gives a notice (hard to reproduce):

Notice: get_the_author_email is deprecated since version 2.8! Use get_the_author_meta('email') instead. in /nfs/c06/h03/mnt/92973/domains/mightywp.freepsdtheme.com/html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2970

The second site doesn't give any Notice. It would help a lot to see the code of comment.php on your theme and wp-comments-post.php on your wp directory. That is only if you have modified any of those files, otherwise, I guess it will make no difference and we have to look for the problem somewhere else.
- 04/07/10 12:50pm
  
  Sync says:
  I corrected the error after seeing it just a few minutes ago.
  comments.php and wp-post-comments.php are the same on both installs.
  And both installs are WP 2.9, installed within a day of each other.
- 04/07/10 12:57pm
  
  Buzu B says:
  this is an interesting problem. My guess is that one of the files got corrupted for some reason. Since the installation works just fine with the default theme, what I would do is to upload the theme again and see if that solves the problem. It is a bit difficult to solve the problem without being able to test and see everything firsthand, so my inly suggestion right now is that. You can try, if you want, but theres is no guarantee it will work.
- 04/07/10 1:14pm
  
  Buzu B says:
  I confirm. Using the default theme works fine. The problem is with the theme.
- 04/07/10 1:15pm
  
  Sync says:
  Yup, true. But why does the EXACT same theme work on the other server?
- 04/07/10 1:19pm
  
  Buzu B says:
  Like i said, my guess is one of the files got corrupted. It happens sometimes. Upload the theme again and see how that works...
- 04/07/10 1:21pm
  
  Sync says:
  I'm trying that :-)
- 04/07/10 1:23pm
  
  Sync says:
  Re-uploaded the entire theme by FTP, no change.
- 04/07/10 1:28pm
  
  Buzu B says:
  yeah, problem persists. I need to be on my way to school. I hope your problem gets solved soon.
- 04/07/10 1:29pm
  
  Sync says:
  Thanks mate.
- 04/07/10 1:43pm
  
  Buzu B says:
  Hey dude, it is working now...
- 04/07/10 1:50pm
  
  Buzu B says:
  UGG, Im' running late... did you change anything? if you didn't maybe it was just a matter of the cache clearing out before the new theme started working. I did something but it is not likely to be the reason of the fix, but after doing that it just worked. What I did was to change the action of the form in the first site to point to the second site. It saved a comment on the second site. Then I went to the first site again, added a comment and it just worked. It is a bit silly to think that had something to do with solving the problem, but to think that that cleared the cache on my computer thus pulling the new file from the server is not so. If you didn't change anything I guess that is what happened.
- 04/07/10 2:18pm
  
  Sync says:
  Honestly, I think the problem was with my zip software, 7zip. When I uploaded from FTP, it worked fine.
  
  thanks man. Though it feels weird to me for paying $17 for such a silly error, you still helped a lot. Good job :-)
Last edited:
04/07/10
2:20pm
Erez S says:
the problem is'nt with the theme,try to install another theme and see if there is a problem,if not,try to reupload the files and then to reinstall wordpress because the problem is from the installation or from the core files
- 04/07/10 12:50pm
  
  Sync says:
  As I said, the comments work fine if using the Default theme.
- 04/07/10 12:51pm
  
  Erez S says:
  and the themes on both sites is exactly the same?
- 04/07/10 12:56pm
  
  Sync says:
  Yep. Apart from the error I just fixed.
- 04/07/10 1:00pm
  
  Erez S says:
  can you put the default theme for a moment?
- 04/07/10 1:11pm
  
  Erez S says:
  when i'm using the form of the default theme and redirect the information to your site,it still shows blank page
- 04/07/10 1:14pm
  
  Sync says:
  I've activated the default theme. Comments work.
- 04/07/10 1:17pm
  
  Erez S says:
  ok,now put the old theme back,i think i found something
- 04/07/10 1:19pm
  
  Sync says:
  Gimme a minute. I'm reuploading the theme. Trying Buzu B's suggestion that a file may be corrupt.
- 04/07/10 1:24pm
  
  Sync says:
  Old theme is active again.
- 04/07/10 1:36pm
  
  Erez S says:
  can you give me the following files:comments.php and functions.php
- 04/07/10 1:41pm
  
  Sync says:
  comments.php -> http://pastie.org/private/qhkglllnpaqiq6c0lupnsq
  functions.php -> http://pastie.org/private/6ovztnwxcffzcblvt6ydgq
Last edited:
04/07/10
12:53pm
Martin says:
Try this. Backup your database. Now go into phpmyadmin and select your WordPress database then select all the tables and select "Repair Table".

See if that fixes your problem!
- 04/07/10 1:11pm
  
  Sync says:
  Sorry, didn't work :(