CMS Made Simple - Installer 500 Error

Question

I am seeing a 500 error when running cmsms-2.1.6-install.php

What I have tried so far:

• Checked error logs. They show the 500 error on the hit. The description is simlply "-"
• Verified PHP at required version (5.6)
• Tried previous version of CMSMS (2.1.5)
• CHMOD installers - 777
• Uploaded a PHPINFO and ran it - Returned as expected. Used this to verify PHAR enabled
• Hosting is running PHP on Linux.
• Verified its not the .htaccess file by deleting it - Still throws 500 Server Error

Any ideas/suggestions appreciated.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I have now solved this. The CMS Made Simple installation PHP file needs to be uploaded in FTP Binary mode as it contains compressed sections.