Fatal error: HELP!

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:06 pm

I have a forum which has been going well for years.

Then all of a sudden, this morning, I get this error when trying to log in: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: message_die() in /var/www/html/phpnuke/db/db.php on line 88

It came out of nowhere - I haven't done a thing - and this just happened.

Can anyone help?

I have a phpbb board within PHP-Nuke

The URL is www.carfreaks.com.sg/phpnuke/

Thanks.

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12342

http://www.karakas-online.de/EN-Book/call-to-undefined-function.html

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:39 pm

Thanks for that link.

The help offered there looks like it's based on the assumption that the person getting the error has just installed something or done something....

I have not logged into my admin account - I haven't done anything and this error came.

So, I am wondering:
a. What can I do to fix it? I do not know php and am not a programmer. The suggestions in that link are with reference to things that are in place and haven't been changed. To tell the truth, I don't know how to check them.

b. If those are the only possible sources of problems, does this mean somebody messed with my site?

Thanks

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:53 pm

OK, I'm not THAT helpless...I found my config.php file and downloaded it.

Let me address each concern in the karakas-online link you gave me:

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Are you sure you downloaded *all* the files? Maybe some file is missing. Perhaps you wanted to save some bandwidth and omitted some crucial file or directory, or subdirectory.

I have no reason to believe any files have been moved. I haven't been downloading anything or been in the admin side in months.

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You didn't enter "MySQL" as the dbtype in config.php (see Section 3.7). It must be exactly with a Capital M, a small y, and capital S, Q and L.

MySQL is written properly (case sensitive) in that file.

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The code tries to select the database, but the database is not there. Create the database and populate it with tables (see Section 3.2.4).

I have no reason to believe the database is not there. How can I check if it's there or not? It was there 12 hours ago.

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You have some error in the config.php file (see Section 3.7). Double check that the username and password are correct. Don't forget, the " and ; are important. And DON'T remove the $ in front of the variables! If you used an editor like Notepad, Wordpad, or some editor that you are not 100% sure that works correctly, delete the config.php file, get a fresh copy and edit it with a decent text editor (see Chapter 11).

I determined that the ID and PW were correct, as stated here: $dbhost = 'localhost';
$dbuname = 'carfreaks';
$dbpass = 'PASSWORD

PS I would post my phpnuke version number but I don't know it, or know how to find it!

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:46 am

I downloaded the db.php file in question, reuploaded it and it solved the issue.

Strange.

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12342

Very. I have no idea then Smile