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1. javiquil
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello:

   I really don't know what could have happened. verything was working ok with the new 2.7 and I posted yesterday and then... Fatal error messages and I couldn't log into the admin panel again :(

   I've tried:

   - Making a clean update of Wordpress 2.7, keeping the usual files...

   - To delete and restore my Mysql database on my server (thankGod I'm doing periodical backups of the entries everyday)

   - To delete the plugins folder, everything from 0

   and still when I try to get to http://www.mysite.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php I get this error message:

   Fatal error: Call to undefined function: timer_start() in /web/htdocs/www.mysite.com/home/wp-admin/upgrade.php on line 20

   I don't know what more I can try :(

   please help me.

2. samboll
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   timer_start is used for debugging purposes. try turning debugging off and see what happens

   also, a plugin not working could trigger it - are all deactivated?

3. eracc
   Member
   Posted 12 months ago #

   Had the exact same error when attempting to upgrade to WordPress 2.7.1 today. Turns out these lines from the NEW wp-config-sample.php ...

   if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
           define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');

   ... were hosing our site when added to our wp-config.php file. Reverting that one change fixed the problem.

   Edit: We did not figure out this was the problem until we reverted BACK to 2.6.5 by uploading the mirror we had made prior to the upgrade and still had the error. The only file that was left over from the 2.7.1 was the config file.

   Edit 2: No that was NOT the only problem. Starting a new thread ...

4. velirose
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   i had the same problem today, i upgraded from wordpress 2.6.5 to wordpress 2.7.1
   and i was surprised to see my admin panel gone and i cannot see the theme editor. it was useless.
   for 6 hours, i searched for answers how to restore and how to downgrade, and by trial and error, finally i got my old wordpress 2.6.5 . Yehey!!! now, i have a lesson not to upgrade right away when told to do so.
   this is what i did,

   1. download your preferred old wordpress from here.
   download, unzip and extract it. remember where you save the extracted file.
   2.open filezilla, go to public_html, delete the wp-admin (of wordpress 2.7.1)
   3.in filezilla local site, look for the wordpress file that you downloaded in step 1, right-click wp-admin, and upload.
   4. close all tabs and open your own http://yourwebsite.com/wp-admin
   (replace yourwebsite.com with your own website name)

   and voila!!! if it worked for me, i hope it will also work for you...

5. samboll
   moderator
   Posted 9 months ago #

   downgrading is not a solution
   figuring out what went wrong is

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