Title: Fatal error installing
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Fatal error installing

 *  [ravenhart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravenhart/)
 * (@ravenhart)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-installing/)
 * I just installed WordPress from the site, uploaded it with everything changed
   properly (using GoDaddy). I go to install it and get:
    ** Fatal error: Call to
   undefined function is_admin() in /home/content/r/a/v/ravenhart/html/wp-admin/
   includes/comment.php on line 159
 * I checked to make sure I had the file on the server, that my information was 
   correct, and that I had a PHP database going, but nothing was wrong. I’ve had
   WordPress on my server before and it didn’t do this. I know I have enough room,
   since I went through and deleted old files. Is this a server-side problem?

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-installing/#post-1041918)
 * do you have a `/home/content/r/a/v/ravenhart/html/wp-includes/query.php` uploaded?
 *  Thread Starter [ravenhart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravenhart/)
 * (@ravenhart)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-installing/#post-1041920)
 * Yes, I do.
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-installing/#post-1041924)
 * can you load that file in your browser? like go to [http://www.your-domain.com/wp-includes/query.php](http://www.your-domain.com/wp-includes/query.php)?
 * is there an wp-admin/gears-manifest.php? can you load that in your browser?
 * these sorts of errors are usually due to errant file uploads, but theres always
   this:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/217274?replies=2](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/217274?replies=2)
 *  Thread Starter [ravenhart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravenhart/)
 * (@ravenhart)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-installing/#post-1042047)
 * The first link gave me a blank page. The second gave me a huge list of files.
   
   I tried the last thing, but wasn’t sure what to do with it. I changed the part
   of wp-config.php and uploaded it, but it didn’t do anything to change the status
   on the page.
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-installing/#post-1042048)
 * wp-admin/gears-manifest.php
 * you need to make sure that file exists.
 *  Thread Starter [ravenhart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravenhart/)
 * (@ravenhart)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-installing/#post-1042049)
 * It’s there in the file on my server.
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-installing/#post-1042054)
 * contact me, off the forum.. ill fix this.
 * click my gravatar over here <– scroll to the bottom, and follow the link to the
   contact page, send me a note.

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 * Last reply from: [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-installing/#post-1042054)
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