Fix the ‘500 error’ in Prestashop after fresh install

When you install Prestashop, and follow the instructions, it’s possible that you run into a ‘500 error’ when you want to access the back-end.
When I ran into this problem, I searched for a fix. Here’s a real simple solution that worked for me.

This tutorial assumes that you:

  • Removed the /install folder
  • Renamed the /admin folder to something else. In this tutorial, let’s pretend we renamed it to /backend.

All you need now, is a FTP Client and a Text editor.

Open your site in your FTP client

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Open your website in your FTP client, and go to the former ‘admin’ folder.

  1. Find the following file: login.php
  2. Right click the file, and choose “Edit”

Edit the file in your editor (Not really)

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The file will be opened in your default editor (in my case, Gedit). Now, to edit the file.

To “Fix” the problem, do the following:

  1. Click anywhere in the file (I suggest the end)
  2. Hit the spacebar, but immediately delete that extra space.
  3. Save the file.

Upload the ‘Changed’ file

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Filezilla (or your FTP client) will ask if you want to re-upload the file. Click yes, and the file will be uploaded.

Now, try logging in at your back-end again. There’s a big chance that it’ll work now!

If this tutorial was helpful for you, feel free to share it or leave a comment. Prestashop tutorials are new to me, but I’m looking forward to writing more of them!

You can also download this tutorial as a PDF.

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