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I’m having a bit of a problem with my site. For some strange reason, the URLs stopped working today. I can see the main page but clicking the comments link, entry link, about page, etc. does nothing. When I click them, all I see is the index page.

I contacted my host for help and was told I need to enable “Force URL Query” because “this appears to be an issue with Expression Engine not working properly when PHP is compiled as CGI on the server”.

I don’t know what that means but I enabled Force URL Query and now have a question mark in my URLs.
Example: http://www.sewhawt.com/?/about

I haven’t done anything on the backend, have not touched anything on the server, have absolutely no clue why the links stopped working. I have been using EE and this particular host for years without having to “Force URL Query” or a question mark in my URLs.

Is this a problem with EE that magically appeared after all this time or does this mean my host changed something on their end?

Please help!

ExpressionEngine 1.6.4 -Build:  20080626

It’s likely that your host changed something on their end; they are right that this is often needed when PHP is run as CGI which is not a great solution anyway, PHP as a module is preferred.

We do sometimes see this when hosts upgrade their version of PHP, especially from PHP 4 to PHP 5.

Thanks, Lisa!

According to my cpanel, PHP has indeed been upgraded to version 5.2.9. If the problem is related to my host upgrading to version 5, is there anything I can do within EE to make the site work without the question mark in the URL or do I need to keep hounding my host for a fix?

Your host needs to fix it, really.  You can read more about the issue in this kb entry.

Great! Thanks for the info, Lisa.

I’m glad Lisa got you squared away.  If anything else comes up, please don’t hesitate to start a new thread!

-greg