Fatal error: Cannot redeclare sdec()

  • I’m experiencing a problem which came suddenly out of the blue to all my websites [all on same hosting] but of course of different domain names

    When I try to log in to the websites or even the admin panel[dashboard] on ANY of the websites i Keep getting this error, Same error message on all admin panels with change of website name

    Website Working but admin Panel not working [the only website working]
    Example (Website 1 : master-tank.net)

    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare sdec() (previously declared in /home4/marwan93/public_html/master-tank.net/wp-includes/vars.php:110) in /home4/marwan93/public_html/master-tank.net/wp-includes/vars.php on line 177

    Neither website nor admin panel working
    Example (Website 2 : solid-db.com)

    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare sdec() (previously declared in /home4/marwan93/public_html/solid-db.com/wp-includes/vars.php:110) in /home4/marwan93/public_html/solid-db.com/wp-includes/vars.php on line 177

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    Have you tried:
    – deactivating ALL (yes all) plugins temporarily to see if this resolves the problem (plugin functions can interfere). If this works, re-activate them individually (one-by-one) to find the problematic plugin(s).
    – If you can’t get into your admin dashboard, try resetting the plugins folder by FTP. If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems. Also remember to deactivate any plugins in the mu-plugins folder (if you have created such folder). The easiest way is to rename that folder to mu-plugins-old.
    – switching to the unedited default Twenty Fifteen theme for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins). If you don’t have access to your admin area, use FTP , or your web-host’s cPanel or whatever file management application your host provides. Navigate to /wp-content/themes/ and switch to the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder by adding “-old” to the end of the folder name. Alternately, you can remove other themes except the default theme. That will force your site to use it.
    – If all the above steps do not resolve the issue, then try MANUAL updating. Download a fresh copy of the WordPress .zip file to your computer, unzip it, and use that to copy up all files and folders EXCEPT the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory. You may need to delete the old copies of files & folder on your server before uploading the new ones. Read the Manual Update directions first.

    Thread Starter Muhammad Ashraf Diab

    (@muhammad-ashraf-diab)

    Thank you for your reply, However Yes I’ve tried to delete/manually uninstall plugins.. The thing that’s weird is that ALL websites under my hosting are down for the same error message, I’m not sure whether its a problem from Hostgator or have sth gone really bad, If you have any suspicions why [ALL] my websites are down Please Advice

    Thanks in advance Tara

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    If all websites on the same host have the problem, then I suggest you contact your hosting provider and ask them what’s going on

    might be a hack – there was another topic with the same problem a few days ago.

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

    Thread Starter Muhammad Ashraf Diab

    (@muhammad-ashraf-diab)

    Thank you all for your replies, Still waiting for my hosting provider reply.

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