Fatal error: Call to undefined function set_screen_options()

  • Resolved orbital2000

    (@orbital2000)


    15 years, 2 months ago

    I’m doing multiple installs and was messing with some files. While doing this, something went haywire and I can’t access my Admin panel. I first discovered some white space after the closing php tag in my config file. This helped me bring up the Admin login screen, but now when I attempt to log in, I get the below error message:

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function set_screen_options() in /home/forthemo/public_html/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php on line 45

    Line 45 says:

    set_screen_options();

    Not sure what to do here – any suggestions? Could this be a plugin problem? Should I disable all plugins and try to login again?

    I should also note that I have had this particular theme running for a long time. The problem started when I viewed the install.php file in a browser. I was having trouble with another blog, and wanted to see if it was working. I think this set off a chain of problems, and is the result of the above issue.

    Thanks!

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  • Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    www.ads-software.com Admin

    Don’t mess with the core files. Put them all back to the standard set of files from a standard WordPress installation.

    The set_screen_options function is in wp-admin\includes\misc.php. So make sure that’s there. Make sure *all* the WordPress files are there, and unchanged.

    Thread Starter orbital2000

    (@orbital2000)

    I didn’t touch the misc.php or admin.php. All I did was view the install.php in a browser.

    Would you recommend grabbing a fresh copy of the misc.php and overwriting my current uploaded version?

    Thread Starter orbital2000

    (@orbital2000)

    Problem solved…

    I simply uploaded a fresh copy of my admin folder.

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