Okay, it's a long story, so sit tight.
First, I cannot disable compiler for some reason. I click disable and it refreshes, saying Enabled still. So I used the command line and disabled it, and got the return prompt of
php compiler.php -- state
Compiler Status: Disabled
But, if I refresh the back-end, it still reads as Enabled
None of my changes are taking effect due to this, and I am at a loss as to where to go from here
I have even tried recompiling from the command line, it says it runs, but same issue, my changes don't actually show in the front-end of the site
Compiler Status: Enabled
Compilation State: Compiled
Collected Files Count: 7416
Compiled Scopes Count: 4
If I attempt to recompile from the back-end, it locks up the site and both front and back ends are unable to be accessed
--Edit--
People have claimed this is a duplicate of the "compiler always disabled" thread found here, but my config file does not seem to be the issue
contents of /includes/config.php here:
#define('COMPILER_INCLUDE_PATH', dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'src');
#define('COMPILER_COLLECT_PATH', dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'stat');
Even with the 2 lines commented out, compiler still stays Enabled, and disabling it just adds another hash to the line for compiler_include_path (I had 3 hashes before deleting them and trying again.), and if there aren't lines commented, it will properly add a hash to the line in question, but still stay Enabled. So again, the problem does not seem to be with Magento updating this line of code.
--Edit 2--
Came in today and saw that the compiler was disabled, unsure why, not upset about it, but it came with an error in the code I was updating, and now the changes in the code won't take... it is like the server is taking a few days to respond to file changes for some reason
includes/config.phpand comment both lines:define('COMPILER_INCLUDE_PATH', dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'src');ANDdefine('COMPILER_COLLECT_PATH', dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'stat');