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Rob_Berlin:

When I enter the IP4 address in the browser, it says the host sent back an empty page

This is expected behaviour. Because this is shared hosting, each site doesn’t have a unique IP4 address. Pages can only be accessed through the URL.

Rob_Berlin:

I get a 500 Internal Server Error

This means that your PHP is crashing. This link will help you get more information and debug it

Http error 500 Websites and PHP

When trying to access your website, you may see a page which returns the status code “500”. In Google Chrome, you’ll see a page with the error code HTTP ERROR 500. There are typically two reasons which can cause this error: The PHP code has crashed. The .htaccess file contains invalid rules. Here are some things you can try to debug and fix this. Fixing crashing PHP code A HTTP ERROR 500 simply tells you that the PHP code has crashed, but gives no information as to why it has crashed. Gett…

Rob_Berlin:

maybe 4-5 years old

That might be your problem. InfinityFree is using PHP version 8.3. Given the age of your code, it is possible that your using PHP functions that don’t exist any more, and you may need to update your page