error message.....does anyone know?

Gert

I have this error message

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: convert_file() in e:\inetpub\svc197\journal\files\add.php on line 37
PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function: convert_file() in e:\inetpub\svc197\journal\files\add.php on line 37

It is in a diary which allows admin to update using a login. Can anyone explain this message to me.......i am a total newb when it comes to php

what does it mean and how can i fix it?

cheers for your help
:o

thessoro

it means what it says. The function may not exist, or you have not included the proper library in which it's contained. Check the -> include ("somefile.php"); <- lines and take a look inside them. It must be somewhere... or not.

Gert

What is (somefile.php)? Please consider you are talking to someone who has no idea about PHP. This is a project I paid someone to do and they left before it was finished and now i have to sort it all out. Is somefile a reference to the add.php file which states the error?

What should I be looking for

All answers appreciated

Mordecai

Well, convert_file() is not a PHP function, so it's something the author wrote. Most likely, he just forgot to include a file that defined this function, or never wrote the function. There's no foolproof answer someone here can give you unless you posted all your code, and even then, I doubt anyone would want to sift through every file to find the function.
You'll have to open every file he has and look for "function convert_file" somewhere. This is what defines the function. Then take that filename and add this line to add.php:
include("thatfilesname.php");
Where "thatfilesname.php" is the name of the file you found the function in.

thessoro

i suppose the scripts have worked any time and you are having problems moving to another site or something like that... (just to discard rewritting code)
Edit add.php and look for any lines like this

include ("xxxxx.php");  // or whatever

check if that files mentioned exist in the path they are supposed to exist. I mean: if the "include" lines are this way:

  

include ("/home/html/functions.php");

check if the file functions.php is located in /home/html/

Check if there is any config file ("config.php","xxxx.conf") and set proper values to the variables i.e new paths... i can't tell you more without anything else.

Gert

thank you thessoro and Mordecai

I will look at it tonight (it's not on this computer) and hopefully the problem is where you said.

Cheers 🙂