Version Update Causing Fatal Error: Cannot Redeclare is_rtl

  • stevenswv

    (@stevenswv)


    15 years, 4 months ago

    So I was updating from 3.0.1 to the new 3.0.4 and I used the automatic update. As soon as the message appeared that everything was loaded and updated correctly I tried to access my dashboard and got this error:

    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare is_rtl() (previously declared in /home/content/49/4609449/html/wp-includes/locale.php:347) in /home/content/49/4609449/html/wp-includes/locale.php on line 349

    Looking through the forum I decided the best thing to do would be to delete all the files in wp-admin and wp-locale and then manually add the files from the version download. I did that and am still receiving the error code.

    I checked the file “locale.php” and can see the is_rtl coding at the very end of the file and don’t have any idea what changes to make that might fix my problem.

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks,
    Steven

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  • Thread Starter stevenswv

    (@stevenswv)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    Also, I cannot enter the admin screen either because the same error is displayed and I host through godaddy.

    Thread Starter stevenswv

    (@stevenswv)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    FINALLY found this answer on my own. It’s a plugin issue which the following process fixed.

    Link to original How To

    How to deactivate all plugins when not able to access the administrative menus?
    Sometimes it may be necessary to deactivate all plugins, but you can’t access the administrative menus to do so. One of two methods are available to deactivate all plugins.

    Use phpMyAdmin
    In the table wp_options, under the option_name column (field) find the active_plugins row
    Change the option_value field to: a:0:{}
    or

    Create an empty plugins folder
    Via FTP or your host’s control panel, navigate to the wp-contents folder (directory)
    Via FTP or your host’s control panel, rename the folder “plugins” to “plugins.hold”
    Via FTP or your host’s control panel, create new folder called “plugins”
    Login to your WordPress administration menus
    Via FTP or your host’s control panel, delete the empty “plugins” you previous created
    Via FTP or your host’s control panel, rename “plugins.hold” back to “plugins”

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