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1. Andrew Chapman
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi, I am trying to upgrade to 2.6.5

   When I go to mysite.com/wp-admin I get

   Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_option() in /home/username/mysite-www/wp-admin/admin.php on line 9

   Would much appreciate any help,

   Andrew

2. kwbridge
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi Andrew

   I located this thread which might help.

   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/153814?replies=9

3. BernardBorealis
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hmm, see if there is an empty space in your wp-config.php file either before the opening <?php tag, or after the closing ?> php tag. Could be a plugin problem, too. Make sure you deactivate your plugins before upgrading.

4. Andrew Chapman
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I first of all got an error message saying there was a syntax error in wp-config.php line 2. I hit return after <?php to start //**MySQL Settings on a new line, and tried again, and that's when I got the admin.php error.

   I deleted the new files, and uploaded the backup files, and have exactly the same problem, first the config.php error message, and then if I make the above adjustment, the same admin.php message.

   Andrew

5. Andrew Chapman
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Here's the original error message:

   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/username/mysite-www/wp-config.php on line 2

   And here are the first lines of that file:

   <?php// ** MySQL settings ** //define('DB_NAME', 'mydatabasename'); // The name of the database

6. ikester
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Greetings Andrew,

   On some hosts, it is necessary to use the upgrade.php to update the db connections. If this is an upgrade, make sure you deactivated all of your plugins
   >overwrite the indicated files and folders
   >once finished type domain/wp-admin/upgrade.php

   You should get some indication that your db was either upgraded or that it is okay.

   I had the same problen and the above solved it for me.

   I hope this helps.
   Ike
   http://surfinjaco.com

7. Andrew Chapman
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks everybody for your help. I downloaded WordPress again and edited the config file by hand rather than copying and pasting from the existing one. Now it works - don't understand why it didn't before especially with the original one which I uploaded again - I don't think I had touched it apart from selecting and copying a few lines. Anyway, all's well that ends well.

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