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dohertydan
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April 17, 2017
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Wordpress Theme editing issue

  • April 17, 2017
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I am having a problem editing wordpress themes in dreamweaver.  it is giving me the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_header() in C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\themes\twentyfifteen\index.php on line 17

instead of showing the information on the index page of the theme.  Not the top level index page shows the correct information (ie what is in my local version of wordpress).

This is on a local install of wordpress.  I saw suggestions of disabling permalinks.  but I can't find disable as a choice.

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    Correct answer thatsmauri

    dohertydan,

    viewing the index.php of the theme will always throw this error, no matter what you try. That's how it works.

    To see any changes that you have made to your theme, you'll need to visit your website's main site.

    This blog entry from another site might help:

    » How to fix the “PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_header()” error in WordPress | Ardamis

    Kind Regards,
    Maurice

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    Anonymous
    January 6, 2021

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 17, 2017

    See if this helps.

    Topic: Fatal error undefined function get_header() in index.php on line 1 « WordPress.org Forums

    Nancy

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    thatsmauri
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    thatsmauriCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    April 17, 2017

    dohertydan,

    viewing the index.php of the theme will always throw this error, no matter what you try. That's how it works.

    To see any changes that you have made to your theme, you'll need to visit your website's main site.

    This blog entry from another site might help:

    » How to fix the “PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_header()” error in WordPress | Ardamis

    Kind Regards,
    Maurice

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    dohertydanAuthor
    Participant
    April 17, 2017

    thank you Maurice and Nancy!

    Rob Hecker2
    Rob Hecker2
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    April 17, 2017

    OK, so if you run wordpress on your local machine, can you do it by simply entering localhost in a browser? If not, then what is the url you use to run it locally?

    When EXACTLY do you get the fatal error? When you are running the site from DW?

    The get_header() function is a basic part of the wordpress structure. you can comment it out by putting two forward slashes in front of the function call, but eventually you will need it to run in order to view your edited theme correctly.

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