Can’t edit comments in WordPress 2.8.4

Hi,

It is usually due to spaces, new lines, or other garbage at opening/closing PHP file <?php tag or after a closing ?> tag in erroneous file. You can either upload error file from the backup or edit erroneous file. To edit the file one need to check below mentioned points:

1. Download the file mentioned in the error message.
2. Open that file in a plain text editor
3. Check that the very first characters are <?php
4. Check that the very last characters are ?>
5. Place the cursor between the ? and >
6. Now press the DELETE key on your computer and keep that key pressed for at least 15 seconds.
7. Now type > and
8. Save without pressing any other key at all.

Thanks,

Shane G.

Thanks Shane for the tip. I have followed those instructions (tried a few times on several files) and it doesn’t help, I still get the exact same error message. Any other suggestions?

Update: I’ve been going through every single file (just got through /wp-includes/

About half of the files have a whitespace (line) after the closing tag ?>. I downloaded a fresh wordpress install and noticed the same thing with those files.

I got rid of the whitespace in a lot of files now, but it will take forever to get through the entire folder (I also have 2 other sites to fix).

Should I keep doing this? Seems ridiculous that wordpress would release a download with that many errors.

Note: I’ve already tried disabling all plugins and using the default theme… same error always shows up.

Eureka! It wasn’t the whitespace issue at all. I’ve been using DB-Cache plugin, and even though I disabled all plugins to test the error, DB-Cache left 2 files in wp-content folder:

db-config.ini
db.php

Deleted those two after deactivating the plugin and folder and viola… everything is running smooth.

Thanks for your help!