Title: Fatal error: require() [function.require]:
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Fatal error: require() [function.require]:

 *  Resolved [4pattes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/4pattes/)
 * (@4pattes)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require-functionrequire/)
 * Hello everybody….
 * I’m new to WordPress and quite proud, that I managed the basic installation of
   it. My ‘first’ page is visible on the HP, but when I try to access the admin 
   part by clicking on “Site admin” I get following error message:
 * > Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/home/a5059978/
   > public_html/wp-admin/wp-includes/compat.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/
   > usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/a5059978/public_html/wp-admin/wp-settings.php 
   > on line 202
 * Who can help me solving this problem?
 * Thanks a lot
 * Laurence

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 *  Thread Starter [4pattes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/4pattes/)
 * (@4pattes)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require-functionrequire/#post-865664)
 * Sorry, forgot the page adress
 * [http://4pattes.site50.net](http://4pattes.site50.net)
 * Cheers Laurence
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require-functionrequire/#post-865682)
 * compat.php
    The error says this file is missing from the install.
 *  Thread Starter [4pattes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/4pattes/)
 * (@4pattes)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require-functionrequire/#post-865750)
 * Should I try to install it from scratch?
 *  [Sephy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephy/)
 * (@sephy)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require-functionrequire/#post-865752)
 * Just upload compat.php again.
 *  Thread Starter [4pattes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/4pattes/)
 * (@4pattes)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require-functionrequire/#post-865779)
 * in the folder wp-admin/wp-includes?
 * or in the folder wp-includes?
 * thanks for your answers
 * Cheers
 *  Thread Starter [4pattes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/4pattes/)
 * (@4pattes)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require-functionrequire/#post-865792)
 * Hi… thanks for your help… I finally found the problem….
 * thanks a lot
 * Cheers Laurence

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 * Last reply from: [4pattes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/4pattes/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require-functionrequire/#post-865792)
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