When you get "500 Internal Server Error", you can usually find the cause of the problem in the server log files. There are a number of things that could cause this problem and some of them are platform dependent.

If you're using Apache on *nix, look for a file named error_log. If you're using Apache on Windows, it's probably error.log. For other servers, I don't know.

... Now I'll take a look at your code and let you know if I see anything significantly wrong. There might not be anything, though. You need the error message from that log file to tell you what's wrong. 

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In reply to Re: I'm getting a 500 Internal Server Error - how can I make this work? by GhodMode
in thread I'm getting a 500 Internal Server Error - how can I make this work? by linex

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