Unable to communicate back with site to check for fatal errors, so the PHP change was reverted. You will need to upload your PHP file change by some other means, suchas by using SFTP.

Image: Cloudflare "Development Mode".

Unable to communicate back with site to check for fatal errors…

Summary:

If you receive this message and the following are true, you need to enable “Development Mode”

  1. You are using Cloudflare “Image Delivery” network.
  2. You have no images in your “upload” folder (this environment, may not apply in yours).

Warning Message:

Enable “Development Mode”

  1. Log on to your Cloudflare Dashboard.
  2. Select “Overview”.
  3. In the right-hand panel, choose “Development Mode”.
  4. Go to “Caching>Configuration>Purge Everything“; test.
Image: Cloudflare "Development Mode".
Cloudflare Development Mode

Explanation:

Cloudflare “Development Mode” allows you to bypass their cache features, allowing you to observe and make changes in real-time to your server files. If you are not in “Development Mode”, your updates will fail because you are attempting to make changes to a saved file.