So, i've gotten ckeditor working fully on my drupal installation, works great... i've also installed and modified ckfinder as per the instructions found in the readme file (ckeditor). I've reinstalled all of these 2-3 times (ckeditor, module, ckfinder), and have tried every combination of permissions and config.php variations possible. I have also updated the settings.php file to have base_file and cookie_url set correctly (http://www.example.com and example.com respectively). I have also now reinstalled drupal altogether... to no avail.
The "upload" tab shows up correctly, as does the "browse server" button.
However, when I use the "upload" tab, choose a small image file, and "send it to server", the file upload box disappears, and no visual cues are given as to what happened (stays on the upload tab). Javascript Console throws "Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 (Internal Server Error)" FOR /sites/all/modules/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/connector.php?command=QuickUpload&type=Images&CKEditor=edit-body&CKEditorFuncNum=1&langCode=en
No other visual cue is given.
If I go to "_samples/standalone.html", I get a blank "Server Error" dialog, and the same "status of 500" error.
I have tried everything, and exhausted every single resource I can find on the web... can anyone give me any clues as to what might be going on here? I am ready to pull my hair out to get this to work. I've gone and re-installed drupal now, and even that hasn't fixed anything..
PLEASE help!!