Title: Fatal error: xml_parser_create, and Dashboard now empty
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Fatal error: xml_parser_create, and Dashboard now empty

 *  [dspreadbury](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dspreadbury/)
 * (@dspreadbury)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-xml_parser_create-and-dashboard-now-empty/)
 * I host a WordPress blog on my own FreeBSD 4.7 server running Apache 1.3 with 
   mod_php5 installed; my PHP is version 5.1.2 and phpinfo() shows that I have libxml
   support:
 * >  `libxml`
   > libXML support => active
   >  libXML Version => 2.6.23 libXML streams => enabled
 * Up until recently everything has always worked flawlessly, through WordPress 
   1.2 right up to WordPress 2.0. However, a botched Java install on my server has
   played havoc with all manner of things, and I’ve had to reinstall several things
   from the FreeBSD ports collection to get back up and running.
 * I thought all was well after the latest round of reinstallations, but now whenever
   I post to my blog, I get the following error:
 * >  `Fatal error: Call to undefined function xml_parser_create() in /usr/www/sisko.
   > org/htdocs/wp-includes/class-IXR.php on line 144`
 * The post does appear on my blog, but I can only assume that something’s not working,
   e.g. pinging blo.gs, etc.
 * Also, and I’m sure relatedly, my dashboard is now completely blank, other for
   the headings ‘Dashboard’ and ‘Latest Activity’.
 * Any ideas what I can do to get things up and running again?
 * Thanks!
 * Daniel

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 *  Thread Starter [dspreadbury](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dspreadbury/)
 * (@dspreadbury)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-xml_parser_create-and-dashboard-now-empty/#post-322966)
 * Is anybody able to help me with this problem? It’s been a week and I’m still 
   suffering from the same symptoms.
 * Thanks for any help that can be offered!
 * Daniel

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