Error in SQL Syntax. Why?

  • anonymousmousse

    (@anonymousmousse)


    19 years ago

    I got a big shock just now when I logged on one of my WP-based websites.
    First of all, it gave me an internal server error message. Fair enough, I thought, that’s just the server playing up, it’ll be alright in a while. But then, about an hour later, (ie just now) I looked at it again to find the page loaded up with error messages all over it. (highlight the black bit at the top and you’ll see).

    The thing is, I haven’t actually made any kind of modifications to the site for several weeks, and it’s been working perfectly fine up until now, so I have no idea why it has suddenly gone wrong. Could I have been hacked? Or is this just a server glitch that is beyond my control? I’m using the latest version of WP (1.5)

    If anyone could help me figure out what’s going on I’d be incredibly grateful. (Apologies if it is just a server thing and it’s working again by the time anyone reads this. I’ve pressed refresh loads of times, re-opened by browser etc and the errors are still there).

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  • Thread Starter anonymousmousse

    (@anonymousmousse)

    19 years ago

    Just to clarify, when I say I haven’t made any modifications to the site for several weeks, I mean I haven’t done anything to the SQL db’s, changed any code, installed any plugins etc etc. Obviously I’ve been using WP to post things!! 🙂

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    19 years ago

    I’ve noticed that you blog also displays a Warning: call_user_func_array(): error several times. It may be related. Here’s a thread on that: http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=24341

    Thread Starter anonymousmousse

    (@anonymousmousse)

    19 years ago

    Thanks for that thread, unfortunately, it didn’t fix the issue. I uploaded the 1.5 version of vars.php as the thread suggests and the error is still there. The same error (warning: call_user_func, etc) is displayed all over my wp-admin page too, as well as:

    Warning: Illegal offset type in /home/helengra/public_html/wp-admin/admin-functions.php on line 756

    Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/helengra/public_html/wp-admin/admin-functions.php on line 756

    eeek!!!

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    19 years ago

    Well, there’s three things I’d try now.

    #1: Deactivate all plugins (see if that fixes it).

    #2: Switch to the Classic Theme (see if that fixes it).

    #3: Backup your themes, download WordPress again, delete every last WordPress file from your site (don’t touch the database), and upload WordPress again from your fresh download.

    Thread Starter anonymousmousse

    (@anonymousmousse)

    19 years ago

    🙁 I can’t get to my plugins folder because the menu in wp-admin just has the word ‘array’ where the menu options should be, and then Logout.
    The link on the menu buttons points to: http://helengrace.co.uk/wp-admin/admin.php?page=

    Thread Starter anonymousmousse

    (@anonymousmousse)

    19 years ago

    BTW, I’m not using themes.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    19 years ago

    Hm, you might want to make sure that your siteurl and home values are correct: http://tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/site-url/

    Thread Starter anonymousmousse

    (@anonymousmousse)

    19 years ago

    What are the home values supposed to be? Mine was 1, I changed it to 100 (as indicated in that tutorial) and it didn’t fix the problem (I’ve changed it back).

    The site url is http://www.helengrace.co.uk so I assume that’s correct 🙂

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    19 years ago

    It’s not the option_id (the number) that needs to be changed, it’s the option_value (the URL).

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    19 years ago

    Where are your WordPress files located? Are they in the root?

    Thread Starter anonymousmousse

    (@anonymousmousse)

    19 years ago

    Yep.

    Thread Starter anonymousmousse

    (@anonymousmousse)

    19 years ago

    My initial hunch seems to have been right, the problem WAS due to a server glitch, which my host have now fixed. Phew 🙂

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