Forum Software PHP errors

i am constantly seeing

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: ini_set() in /homepages/5/d121313068/htdocs/ubb7/ubbthreads.php on line 35

error when i try to load different pages of forum/topics. Does anyone else has this too?

Tried about 30 times to just to post this one.

me 2

happens also here (tried with iPhone+PC)

YES! Started more than 8 hours ago.

Re-hitting refresh will eventually get it to go through...

Is affecting posts on PM area too...

Sometimes get it just pulling up the forum homepage too...

Same here, like EvilSOB said, that started about 8 hours ago.
What the hell is this? Is Conitec making new webpage?

Either a DOS attack, or they are trying to fix the A8 logo in the top/left corner...

A8 logo looks fine?

and i do not think it's DOS attack, it should have been pretty much denying service as the name suggests but it's denial of service it's like file acess error.

I mean apache is not denying to show you a page / get your connection, you can connect fine even the php script runs and returns the error and sometimes runs without the error and show the page.

But the error is strange of course, ini_set should always be defined in php, it's a predefined php function. To me it looks either like there is an error in php.ini or apache/php setup and settings.

I figured DOS due to the fact that just hitting refresh will eventually get through,
I figured the the DOS was just killing some dataflow so hitting refresh was
eventually getting through a 'gap' in the attack...

I'll take your word on the apache business, Ive never played with it...

As for the A8 logo, Ive never seen it... Dead link to the image
"http://www.conitec.net/images/a8icon.png"

(Lol, the link to the image works here^^)

same for me.

same problem here.

But the A8 logo works

As long as the logo works, the world is saved once again.

hmnmn...


New Error sometimes..

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: preg_match() in /homepages/5/d121313068/htdocs/ubb7/ubbthreads.php on line 84

+1 etc.pp.

SAME HERE ... PLZ FIX...

how funny.. when opening this thread I got an error message: Fatal error....blablabla.....on line 35

From your description the problem looks indeed like a DOS attack, but it is apparently over, at least it does not happen at the moment. The current server traffic is normal. If it happens again, please post here.

Maybe this one?
http://www.heise.de/security/meldung/DoS-Angriff-mit-Gleitkommazahl-1163658.html

Next time, check the HTTP headers that come back from the forum to validate assumptions like this. Here is what comes back from a GET request:

And now check your posted link again

you miss the "maybe" dude!

Then you have missed my point... To make it clear, look into the "X-Powered-By" key and its value. Then look into the post of your link (pretty much at the end).