Edit post administration panel when attemping to publish a post

When I press ‘publish’ on a post, it doesn’t publish but rather I get the following message. Has anyone received this message before and do you know why this is happening ??

<?php
/**
* Edit post administration panel.
*
* Manage Post actions: post, edit, delete, etc.
*
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Administration
*/

/** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
require_once(‘./admin.php’);

$parent_file = ‘edit.php’;
$submenu_file = ‘edit.php’;

wp_reset_vars(array(‘action’, ‘safe_mode’, ‘withcomments’, ‘posts’, ‘content’, ‘edited_post_title’, ‘comment_error’, ‘profile’, ‘trackback_url’, ‘excerpt’, ‘showcomments’, ‘commentstart’, ‘commentend’, ‘commentorder’));

if ( isset( $_GET[‘post’] ) )
$post_id = $post_ID = (int) $_GET[‘post’];
elseif ( isset( $_POST[‘post_ID’] ) )
$post_id = $post_ID = (int) $_POST[‘post_ID’];
else
$post_id = $post_ID = 0;

$post = $post_type = $post_type_object = null;

if ( $post_id )
$post = get_post( $post_id );

if ( $post ) {
$post_type = $post->post_type;
$post_type_object = get_post_type_object( $post_type );
}

/**
* Redirect to previous page.
*
* @param int $post_id Optional. Post ID.
*/
function redirect_post($post_id = ”) {
if ( isset($_POST[‘save’]) || isset($_POST[‘publish’]) ) {
$status = get_post_status( $post_id );

if ( isset( $_POST[‘publish’] ) ) {
switch ( $status ) {
case ‘pending’:
$message = 8;
break;
case ‘future’:
$message = 9;
break;
default:
$message = 6;
}
} else {
$message = ‘draft’ == $status ? 10 : 1;
}

$location = add_query_arg( ‘message’, $message, get_edit_post_link( $post_id, ‘url’ ) );
} elseif ( isset($_POST[‘addmeta’]) && $_POST[‘addmeta’] ) {
$location = add_query_arg( ‘message’, 2, wp_get_referer() );
$location = explode(‘#’, $location);
$location = $location[0] . ‘#postcustom’;
} elseif ( isset($_POST[‘deletemeta’]) && $_POST[‘deletemeta’] ) {
$location = add_query_arg( ‘message’, 3, wp_get_referer() );
$location = explode(‘#’, $location);
$location = $location[0] . ‘#postcustom’;
} elseif ( ‘post-quickpress-save-cont’ == $_POST[‘action’] ) {
$location = “post.php?action=edit&post=$post_id&message=7”;
} else {
$location = add_query_arg( ‘message’, 4, get_edit_post_link( $post_id, ‘url’ ) );
}

wp_redirect( apply_filters( ‘redirect_post_location’, $location, $post_id ) );
exit;
}

if ( isset( $_POST[‘deletepost’] ) )
$action = ‘delete’;
elseif ( isset($_POST[‘wp-preview’]) && ‘dopreview’ == $_POST[‘wp-preview’] )
$action = ‘preview’;

$sendback = wp_get_referer();
if ( ! $sendback ||
strpos( $sendback, ‘post.php’ ) !== false ||
strpos( $sendback, ‘post-new.php’ ) !== false ) {
$sendback = admin_url( ‘edit.php’ );
$sendback .= ( ! empty( $post_type ) ) ? ‘?post_type=’ . $post_type : ”;
} else {
$sendback = remove_query_arg( array(‘trashed’, ‘untrashed’, ‘deleted’, ‘ids’), $sendback );
}

switch($action) {
case ‘postajaxpost’:
case ‘post’:
case ‘post-quickpress-publish’:
case ‘post-quickpress-save’:
check_admin_referer(‘add-‘ . $post_type);

if ( ‘post-quickpress-publish’ == $action )
$_POST[‘publish’] = ‘publish’; // tell write_post() to publish

if ( ‘post-quickpress-publish’ == $action || ‘post-quickpress-save’ == $action ) {
$_POST[‘comment_status’] = get_option(‘default_comment_status’);
$_POST[‘ping_status’] = get_option(‘default_ping_status’);
$post_id = edit_post();
} else {
$post_id = ‘postajaxpost’ == $action ? edit_post() : write_post();
}

if ( 0 === strpos( $action, ‘post-quickpress’ ) ) {
$_POST[‘post_ID’] = $post_id;
// output the quickpress dashboard widget
require_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php’);
wp_dashboard_quick_press();
exit;
}

redirect_post($post_id);
exit();
break;

case ‘edit’:
$editing = true;

if ( empty( $post_id ) ) {
wp_redirect( admin_url(‘post.php’) );
exit();
}

$p = $post_id;

if ( empty($post->ID) )
wp_die( __(‘You attempted to edit an item that doesn’t exist. Perhaps it was deleted?’) );

if ( !current_user_can($post_type_object->cap->edit_post, $post_id) )
wp_die( __(‘You are not allowed to edit this item.’) );

if ( ‘trash’ == $post->post_status )
wp_die( __(‘You can’t edit this item because it is in the Trash. Please restore it and try again.’) );

if ( null == $post_type_object )
wp_die( __(‘Unknown post type.’) );

$post_type = $post->post_type;
if ( ‘post’ == $post_type ) {
$parent_file = “edit.php”;
$submenu_file = “edit.php”;
$post_new_file = “post-new.php”;
} else {
if ( isset( $post_type_object ) && $post_type_object->show_in_menu && $post_type_object->show_in_menu !== true )
$parent_file = $post_type_object->show_in_menu;
else
$parent_file = “edit.php?post_type=$post_type”;
$submenu_file = “edit.php?post_type=$post_type”;
$post_new_file = “post-new.php?post_type=$post_type”;
}

if ( $last = wp_check_post_lock( $post->ID ) ) {
add_action(‘admin_notices’, ‘_admin_notice_post_locked’ );
} else {
$active_post_lock = wp_set_post_lock( $post->ID );
wp_enqueue_script(‘autosave’);
}

$title = $post_type_object->labels->edit_item;
$post = get_post_to_edit($post_id);

if ( post_type_supports($post_type, ‘comments’) ) {
wp_enqueue_script(‘admin-comments’);
enqueue_comment_hotkeys_js();
}

include(‘./edit-form-advanced.php’);

break;

case ‘editattachment’:
check_admin_referer(‘update-attachment_’ . $post_id);

// Don’t let these be changed
unset($_POST[‘guid’]);
$_POST[‘post_type’] = ‘attachment’;

// Update the thumbnail filename
$newmeta = wp_get_attachment_metadata( $post_id, true );
$newmeta[‘thumb’] = $_POST[‘thumb’];

wp_update_attachment_metadata( $post_id, $newmeta );

case ‘editpost’:
check_admin_referer(‘update-‘ . $post_type . ‘_’ . $post_id);

$post_id = edit_post();

redirect_post($post_id); // Send user on their way while we keep working

exit();
break;

case ‘trash’:
check_admin_referer(‘trash-‘ . $post_type . ‘_’ . $post_id);

$post = & get_post($post_id);

if ( !current_user_can($post_type_object->cap->delete_post, $post_id) )
wp_die( __(‘You are not allowed to move this item to the Trash.’) );

if ( ! wp_trash_post($post_id) )
wp_die( __(‘Error in moving to Trash.’) );

wp_redirect( add_query_arg( array(‘trashed’ => 1, ‘ids’ => $post_id), $sendback ) );
exit();
break;

case ‘untrash’:
check_admin_referer(‘untrash-‘ . $post_type . ‘_’ . $post_id);

if ( !current_user_can($post_type_object->cap->delete_post, $post_id) )
wp_die( __(‘You are not allowed to move this item out of the Trash.’) );

if ( ! wp_untrash_post($post_id) )
wp_die( __(‘Error in restoring from Trash.’) );

wp_redirect( add_query_arg(‘untrashed’, 1, $sendback) );
exit();
break;

case ‘delete’:
check_admin_referer(‘delete-‘ . $post_type . ‘_’ . $post_id);

if ( !current_user_can($post_type_object->cap->delete_post, $post_id) )
wp_die( __(‘You are not allowed to delete this item.’) );

$force = !EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS;
if ( $post->post_type == ‘attachment’ ) {
$force = ( $force || !MEDIA_TRASH );
if ( ! wp_delete_attachment($post_id, $force) )
wp_die( __(‘Error in deleting.’) );
} else {
if ( !wp_delete_post($post_id, $force) )
wp_die( __(‘Error in deleting.’) );
}

wp_redirect( add_query_arg(‘deleted’, 1, $sendback) );
exit();
break;

case ‘preview’:
check_admin_referer( ‘autosave’, ‘autosavenonce’ );

$url = post_preview();

wp_redirect($url);
exit();
break;

default:
wp_redirect( admin_url(‘edit.php’) );
exit();
break;
} // end switch
include(‘./admin-footer.php’);
?>