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Rodrigo Lacerda
Rodrigo Lacerda

Reputation: 1

Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_header() in C:\xampp\htdocs\hypershot\index.php on line 13

I have just purchased a WordPress template and I am trying to run this theme locally (XAMPP), and then when the site loads, it gives me the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_header() in C:\xampp\htdocs\hypershot\index.php on line 13

How can I proceed?

PS: I'm really sad about it now, as I thought it was going to be easy to deal with this template/theme! I just can't run the site (local).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 15801

Answers (1)

The Alpha
The Alpha

Reputation: 146191

The error is:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_header() in C:\xampp\htdocs\hypershot\index.php

According to the WordPress folder structure, the index.php file in the root of your project should be something like this (Version - 4.0):

/**
 * Front to the WordPress application. This file doesn't do anything, but loads
 * wp-blog-header.php which does and tells WordPress to load the theme.
 *
 * @package WordPress
 */

/**
 * Tells WordPress to load the WordPress theme and output it.
 *
 * @var bool
 */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);

/** Loads the WordPress Environment and Template */
require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/wp-blog-header.php' );

But the error says that, you have an index.php file which has the get_header() function (WordPress function) inside it, so this index.php file belongs in the root of your theme folder, not inside the root of your project folder.

Since the get_header() is a WordPress function and WordPress is not loaded yet, PHP is throwing this error, because it doesn't recognize the get_header() function. So check the index.php file in your project's root and make sure that the right index.php file is there.

The best way to solve this problem is just reinstall a fresh copy of WordPress and then put the theme in your C:\xampp\htdocs\hypershot\wp-content\themes folder.

Upvotes: 4

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