[SOLVED] Tildes (~) causes code to be displyed

[okey666]

On my .php web pages, when a ~ is added after the .php (in the address bar), the php code does not execute, and is simply displayed. Whay is this happenning? and how can I solve it?

 

I am a relative begginner at php.

[DjMikeS]

Does php work when calling a php page without the ~ ?

 

When I try this on my own webserver, it simply displays a 404...

[rhodesa]

it may sound silly, but make sure there isn't a second file with the same name plus a ~

 

a lot of the time when i'm changing system files, i'll copy it to a filename like that before editing it

[trq]

I have seen this error before, unfortunately however I cannot remember the fix. One thing you could do is attempt a redirect back to the valid file. Something like....

 

RewriteRule ^(.+)~$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

[okey666]

it may sound silly, but make sure there isn't a second file with the same name plus a ~

 

a lot of the time when i'm changing system files, i'll copy it to a filename like that before editing it

 

Its not silly. I just remembered, I am on a Ubuntu system which creates system files with ~ at the end. Using FTP, I can see files, I am just going to delete them....

 

Thanks alot, it works beautifully now. Great forum by the way, very active.