Call to undefined function load_textdomain()

  • I have installed many WordPress sites before, and have encountered the odd hiccup, but this one has me stumped. I’ve carefully edited the wp-config.php file twice now, uploaded, deleted, downloaded a fresh zipped file, started again … etc., etc., but instead of the set up screen, when I open the install.php screen in my browser, I get the following error:

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function load_textdomain() in /homepages/46/d74474883/htdocs/wildireland/wp-admin/includes/admin.php on line 16

    Although WordPress is recommending to run on PHP and MySQL ver 5.6 or higher 5.6, I’m trying to install on PHP and MySQL ver 5.5. I’ve looked at the database settings on the server and can upgrade PHP to ver 7, but not MySQL, so I left them as is. I’m guessing though that there isn’t a great deal of difference between ver 5.5 and 5.6.

    Can anyone pinpoint the likely problem?

    Thanks.

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    “Call to undefined function” is generally indicative of incomplete update. So, try re-uploading WordPress, and this time, upload ALL the files. Even those in the WordPress root directory.

    Do a manual update via FTP instead: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Updating_WordPress#Manual_Update

    Thread Starter mrsroynie

    (@mrsroynie)

    Hi Tara,

    Many thanks for your reply. I had already downloaded a fresh copy of ver. 4.5.3 twice, unzipped it, deleted the directory on the server, recreated a wp-config.php file (using the database settings from my host, 1and1, and secret keys, using the secret key generator from the wordpress site. I basically reinstalled the whole thing from scratch, resulting in exactly the same error. In desperation, I then used an older version of wordpress (ver. 3.8) that I had saved from the last site I created in 2014. Working through the same installation procedure, I ended up with exactly the same error message.

    I have eventually got myself up and running by not creating a wp-config file and allowing the set up process to do it for me in my browser – and, once I was in, updating the version manually, as you suggested.

    However, while the set up procedure created its own secret keys, it has left me with an extremely messy wp-config file, with random parts of the secret keys appearing in the body of the file.

    I tried to tidy it up but, lo and behold, I ended up with not only part of the secret keys showing up in the browser window, but also with the same fatal error message.

    I’ve reverted to a back-up copy of the auto-generated wp-config file and, to all intents and purposes, the site is working, but I am concerned that the secret keys may not provide the protection that they’re supposed to like this.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    the site is working

    Glad to know it ??

    but I am concerned that the secret keys may not provide the protection that they’re supposed to like this.

    just make secret keys long, random and complicated.

    You can use the online generator:
    https://api.www.ads-software.com/secret-key/1.1/salt/

    You can change these at any point in time to invalidate all existing cookies. This does mean that all users will have to login again.

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