[1.5] Integrating WordPress into existing PHP site

Well that’s an old tutorial from last May and 1.5 just came out this week, so it’s probably out of date.

Basically, you just want to add The Loop to you existing site. However, The Loop for v1.5 is different from The Loop for v1.2 (which is what Chris’ tutorial was written for).

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/The_Loop

Alright.. that’s making a LOT more sense.. I’m still just a bit confused though..

I understand that I need to add the loop, so I add in all the code and then I get a “fatal error” that says:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_header() in /site_address/blog.php on line 6

At the top of the page I wish to integrate the blog into I put:

<?php
/* Short and sweet */
define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, true);
require(‘site_address/blog/wp-blog-header.php’);
?>

..and it still gives the fatal error.. any ideas? Thanks a ton guys ??

-Jonathan

..any ideas? ??

DO NOT use:
<?php
/* Short and sweet */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('site_address/blog/wp-blog-header.php');
?>

Use:
<?php get_header();???>

Just as the instructions say.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/The_Loop#WordPress_1.5

Well, I tried that.. and:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_header() in /site_address/blog.php on line 1

Remember I’m trying to integrate this into a totally new site that previously had nothing to do with WordPress. Somehow it has to define that function.

Anymore ideas?

-Jonathan

Well, I’m suspecting corrupted files? Re-upload (deleting old files may work better, backup)?

And you may need just one line to integrate WP (plus the loop)
require('site_address/blog/wp-blog-header.php');

“Remember I’m trying to integrate this into a totally new site that previously had nothing to do with WordPress.”

That’s what The Loop is for.

I did experience a bunch of timeouts when uploading.. will try reuploading everything :). Thanks!

-Jonathan

I reuploaded all my source code, just incase it was corrupt.

The top of my blog page now reads:

<?php require(‘site_address/wp-blog-header.php’); ?>
<?php get_header(); ?>

… and when I access the page I get:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_header() in /site_address/blog.php on line 2

I have tried without the “require” and of course nothing happens then and I still get the same error.

Any suggestions guys? I’m a tad discouraged but I’m not giving up :).

-Jonathan

I got nothing.
Have you tried re-download the WP package and re-upload? And you might not want to overwrite; instead, delete first.

have you tried setting WP_USE_THEMES to ‘false’?

Hmm.. haven’t tried either of those.. I’ll try redownloading and uploading the package now.. Will let you know :).

Tried reuploading and still the same error..

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_header() in /site_address/blog.php on line 2

alphaoide, that info isn’t quite correct.

sirjonathan, first start with things in the default directory before you try moving it around. Get it working there first. Leave the index.php exactly as it is in the distro and only edit files in the wp-content/themes directory. Copy one of the directories and rename it, then edit header and footer.php to match your existing site.