Parse errors + blank pages...

[cxixer]

OK, I now have three oscommerce installations running. I love the script and can now navigate it pretty efficiently and edit it with little problems. But I've been having a weird problem I can not find anywhere on the forum.

 

Every now and then I'll go to one of my sites, and get a parse error. I go in and fix that line on whatever page it directs me to and then I get a parse error for another page. Fix that one and get another... This continues for 5-10 files or so, then I get a blank page. It just shows nothing - just a white background. There's no way to view anything. All of my code looks fine, but nothing shows up.

 

 

So, since everything is backed up pretty constantly since the first time this happened, I just delete the directory, and upload the backup files, and all is well again... that is.. until it happens again.

 

 

This happens on a regular basis on all three of my sites. What the heck is going on? My host says this is not a common problem, I'm the only one experiencing it as they don't get many questions about oscommerce. I am well aware that there are security holes in using oscommerce - could this just be people screwing with me? Or is this some kind of weird bug?

 

Thanks in advance.

[♥geoffreywalton]

There is a contribution that will email you whenever a file changes.

 

It is like a rootkit for osc.

 

Restore to a good copy, install the osc "root kit", backup again and wait for the email.

 

Might help to pin down which files are changing.