Posting new Post leads to blank php screen

Okay, I just got my WordPress for Dummies book but they still need to dumb it down to me. Same here on this site. This 51 yr old retired Army First Sergeant would appreciate a by the numbers, meaning start from here and go to here and then…

I’m not able to find what all of you are talking about but I am getting the white screen anytime I try to post, save, or delete anything. Here’s what I get:

https://davidjeffers.thevanguard.org/wp-admin/post.php

Thanks for any help you can provide.

I deleted the active_plugin row, but i’m still getting the blank page

I guess I’m not getting it. I’m seeing the wp-options but not anything called plusing. where can I find the editable table. I’m looking in my admin control but not seeing that. Can someone write a dummies answer here? Would really appreciate it.

“There was a nefarious active_plugin in the database. It looked something like this: a:1:{s:5:./././././././././././././././././././././tmp/upl52653.jpg”

I’m not seeing where the settings is in the database using phpmyadmin. Anyone hace an y leads on what to stop this from happening?

Drew – I have this appear in my options, miscellaneous “store uploads in this folder” box – /././././././././././././././././././././tmp. Not quite all you had. It should read as the default, wp-content/uploads.

I just downloaded a raw log for my affected blog which on opening reads “The NTDVM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS:0dcd IP: 020a OP:63 61 74 65 67 Choose ‘Close’ to terminate the instruction”. So, rookie that I am I guess I had better ‘Close’ rather than ‘Ignore’ the problem.

The question now … to where? Very frustrating.

Following Jnardo’s advice I seem to have fixed the problem. Wow! you have made my day mate! I have unfortunately lost a number of pages – now unrecoverable, but I can publish and edit.

So guys, in the first instance – follow Jnardo’s advice. Cheers, Dale.

I’ve been “shopping around” for a solution to not being able to post _anything_ in the forums and documentation, and this thread might have something. Indie, or someone, could you elaborate a little?

My php skills are extremely limited, and I have trouble finding the right place in the file(s). In the meanwhile, my blog is dead, and I’d really appreciate any help with this.

So far I’ve tried unabling plugins + a few other fixes mentioned in threads, but sadly, no luck =(

When diogene1 says “Following Jnardo’s advice I seem to have fixed the problem.“, how do I do that (succesfully, that is)?..

Wooooo! This thread saved my bacon. Here are the bits I did for any other WP/php newbs that might follow me:

1. I made sure to back up the database first
2. to find the database you need to use phpMyAdmin. More info here. Dreamhost had it under Goodies > manage mySQL. Once you are logged in there you’ll see a dropdown labelled ‘databases’ at top left. Pick your WP database from there.
3. you’ll then see a list of tables on the left side of the page. This is where I found wp_options mentioned in other posts – click on that.
4. it will load up in the main part of your window. By default the tab ‘structure‘ is selected. Click “browse“. Go through the list until you find the evil evil active_plugin row. Should be obvious from the gibberish in one of the fields. Use the red X to delete it
5. log out of database and get back to happy posting

Pixette (and everyone extending their helping hands): I LOVE YOU!! ??

None of this has helped me…there is no active_plugin row in my wp_options table and there is no other spam in the temp directory or anywhere else.

Deactivated all plugins and re-activated again and everything was fine…UNTIL I got a new comment!!! Something weird with the comments and this blank page…if I approved or deleted the new comment, the blank page issue comes up again.

However, if I un-approve the most recent comment, then I can again save and edit without getting a blank page!!!! It’s freakin weird!!!

If your issue has not been solved by the other methods, try unapproving the most recent comment and see what happens.

Any other ideas on how to fix this???

FINALLY FIXED MY ISSUE! Had nothing to do with spam in my case…it was too many plugins using too much memory! There is an option in the php.ini file called memory_limit. I have a good number of plugins installed and it was therefore exhausting the max memory.

However, it for some reason DOES NOT SHOW!!! It just comes up as a blank page. When I disabled two plugins (Sitemaps and Feedburner), I finally saw the error message. Disabled just one or two more and the blank page went away along with the not being able to delete posts, save post edits, etc!

Now I downloaded the latest releases of all plugins and it’s working better…but you might try to increase the memory_limit to something like 64MB or 128MB if you’re having this issue.

Cheers!

After trying every ‘white page’ solution listed on the forums, in addition to the blog itself being a white page no one can access, I also have white pages on the following:

blogroll
plug-ins
presentation
themes
write /pages
Note: can access manage pages, but if I click edit, page goes white

I checked the db and find no spam. I deleted plugins I wasn’t using via ftp.

My problem began when I tried to add a photo to my about page. I ended up deleting both the photo via ftp and finally the page itself. Now, I can’t get anywhere. Any suggestions?

I’d be interested to find out what the cause is of this problem.

I also had the ‘a:1:{s:5:./././././././././././././././././././././tmp’ problem with the active_plugins field in the database – as well as the same problem with the directory specified for uploads.

Resetting these back to what they should be (just empty the active_plugins, and fix the file uploads path) managed to resolve my problem.

What is causing this? Some sort of bug / loophole in WordPress?

I had the same ‘white page’ problem when trying to publish a new post.

I got in touch with my web host MacHighway. They disabled the security filter on the server for my site and that so far seems to have resolved the problem.

*deep sigh of relief*

Thank you all so much for your help, and especially Pixette for the step-by-step instructions. I was losing my freaking mind with this problem for weeks!

Thank you, thank you, thank you again!