Bad Error Message!

Make sure there is no space after <?php in wp-settings.php & wp-config.php (Mostly the config file screws sh1t up meaning It ads a space by Its self) and after ?>. Spaces will cause a BIG PROBLEM :).

Yep, I did that. THat’s not it.

9 times of 10, this problem is caused by spaces before the <?php tag, but I’ve seen it caused by a goofy plugin and by a missed “;” somewhere in the PHP code.

The error isn’t appearing for me at your current blog – does it only occur in the admin section? Will it happen if I leave a comment?

Khackett, clear your browser cache.

I’ve done all these things. It’s not that.

When, exactly does the error happen? The blog on your site doesn’t appear to have any problems, and you seem to be able to post stories to it – is there a different blog?

It’s in the admin section. whenever I change anything, that error pops up.

First step: re-upload the “wp-settings.php” file to your host, overwriting the existing one, as that seems to be the common thread in both of the errors you’ve posted. On the other hand, I think that file gets called from every page, including the regular “index.php”, so it should be causing problems all over the place if it’s goofed. But try it anyways, maybe the file got corrupted. And if you’ve already done this, then re-download WordPress and upload the version from *there* instead.

Second step, start deactivating any plugins you have, 1 at a time. One of them could be causing the error (I had that problem with a misconfigured plugin once).

Good luck and let us know how it works out ??

– see RustIndy’s post above –

It was just the settings.php.

Everything works now… I didn’t upload the new version (I don’t want to screw this thing up even MORE by trying that).

Thanks (edited for spelling. it’s late)

But you do have a version of that file, right? If you don’t have a copy of wp-settings.php on your server where it’s supposed to be, then you have screwed things up even more.

What? I just replaced, literally overwrote, the wp-settings. I didn’t upgrade, that’s all.

Sorry, you didn’t make that clear.

BTW, never overwrite files via FTP. That leads to incomplete transfers (about 25% of the problems reported here are caused by that). The best method is to delete first, then upload.

It worked this time! (pshew) but thanks for the warning.

sorry I got short before. I’ve just so made a mess of my blog and I’m trying to make it cool and … I just CAN’T. I don’t know php.

Ah k, your blog is 1.2, and the latest is 1.22. I don’t know if that file has changed since then (it probably has), but yup, uploading the original version for that version of WP is the way to go. Glad it’s working again.