Title: Problems with WordPress/PHP5.0.1
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Problems with WordPress/PHP5.0.1

 *  [langly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/langly/)
 * (@langly)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpressphp501/)
 * Hi there..
    I tried to install WordPress on my Apache server, but it failed during
   the 3rd step, giving me this error: <b>Fatal error: Call to undefined function
   utf8_decode() in /var/www/weblog-test/wp-includes/functions-formatting.php on
   line 113</b> I don’t quite understand why, since I’m running a clean nonmodified
   PHP version, the only thing not there is support for libxml, which should not
   kill the utf8 thing. My system is PHP5.0.1, Apache 2.0.50 running on my FreeBSD.
   5.1 box

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 *  Thread Starter [langly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/langly/)
 * (@langly)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpressphp501/#post-83777)
 * oh.
    I forgot to mention which version of wordpress I use.. it’s the nightly 
   build, wordpress-2004-08-17
 *  [TechGnome](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techgnome/)
 * (@techgnome)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpressphp501/#post-83779)
 * Which version of WP are you installing? I think (I might be wrong tho) that 1.2(
   Mingus) has issues with PHP5, while the latest out of CVS (1.3 alpha) reportedly
   has resolved the PHP5 issues.
    TG
 *  [TechGnome](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techgnome/)
 * (@techgnome)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpressphp501/#post-83781)
 * You posted the same time I did…… hmm…. not sure what the problem might be. A 
   missing module perhapse, or there’s something missing in the WP code (a danger
   of using the CVS). Since it’s a nightly, it should be “good” code. No idea.
    
   TG
 *  Thread Starter [langly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/langly/)
 * (@langly)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpressphp501/#post-83791)
 * here is the thing that bugs me about it..
    I’ve looked through the php-5 API,
   and it tells me that utf8_decode is a function that should be handled by PHP 
   itself, and not by a faulty module in WP
 *  [delsdog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/delsdog/)
 * (@delsdog)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpressphp501/#post-84026)
 * I get exactly the same error with WP1.2 mingus and php5.0.1 running on a windows
   xp box. Gonna try changing back to php4.x see if it helps
 *  [davidchait](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidchait/)
 * (@davidchait)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpressphp501/#post-84044)
 * did your PHP5 build for some reason not link in the expat/XML library? That’d
   likely cause this…
    -d
 *  [delsdog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/delsdog/)
 * (@delsdog)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpressphp501/#post-84049)
 * don’t know, how would I tell if it had or hadn’t?
 *  [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/)
 * (@carthik)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpressphp501/#post-84084)
 * use phpinfo.php to find out details about the php install.
 *  [TechGnome](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techgnome/)
 * (@techgnome)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpressphp501/#post-84094)
 * when I mentioned a missing module, I meant a missing Apache module. But it does
   look like it should be part of the PHP core….. ???
    TG
 *  [realberen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/realberen/)
 * (@realberen)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpressphp501/#post-84502)
 * I just wanted to let you know, I have the exact same problem. PHP5 info can be
   found at [http://217.116.80.30/info.php](http://217.116.80.30/info.php) the system
   is Apache 2.0.50, PHP 5.0.1, FreeBSD 5.3Beta. I went for todays nightly after
   Mingus gave me the known install problems with stdObject
 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpressphp501/#post-84505)
 * å�?‰ï¼Œæ?žä¸?定了。ä¸?玩了。
 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpressphp501/#post-84506)
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