PHPLD v3
Cannot install PHPLD v3 on Hostgator - 500 Internal Server Error
If you are getting a 500 Internal Server Error when trying to install PHPLD (PHP Link Directory) version 3 it is most likely because of file permission problems.
When you uploaded your files to your hosting they probably got set with 777 file permissions. This is a security threat, and Hostgator is preventing these files from being exsecuted beacuse of this threat. You need to set certain files to 755 to continue.
You can confirm this by checking you error log in cPanel. From the cPanel front page click 'Error log'. The most recent entries should be at the top. If you have an entry that reads.
error: file is writable by others:
then you need to change the file permissions of this file. 755 is the best option.
