Title: Fatal Error:
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Fatal Error:

 *  [beloved](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beloved/)
 * (@beloved)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-52/)
 * I don’t know what went wrong but I was trying to create a new theme and got this
   message:
 * Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_header() in /homepages/17/d245651204/
   htdocs/index.php on line 1
 * I tried deleting and resetting up wordpress on my computer to see if I messed
   something up. It didn’t work and I’m lost now. Can anyone help me?
 * Here’s the link to my website
 * [http://www.triplelove.org/](http://www.triplelove.org/)

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-52/#post-783561)
 * If the wp-admin, wp-content, and wp-includes folder are in the htdocs folder,
   then the index.php file in the htdocs folder should be:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /* Short and sweet */
       define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
       require('./wp-blog-header.php');
       ?>
       ```
   
 * There should also be approximately 22 other wordpress files in the htdocs folder.
 * Might also review [Installing WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress).

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