How do I “fix” a wp-blog-header.php error message?

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1. No need to go here and there. I was facing the same issue and here is the only solution Fix wp-blog-header.php error

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2. To load WordPress it is enough to load “wp-load.php” like you did. I don’t recognize the wp() function and haven’t found it in the source. As other people seem to have the same problem on the internet I guess it has to do with a plugin or a possibly outdated WordPress installation.

   Disable all your plugins and see if that resolves the problem.

   Out of curiosity: What is this file for?

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3. I agree. Usually it’s a plugin that causes these issues in my experience. it can be a headache, but disabling all of your plugins, then going through and enabling your plugins one by one will often pinpoint the problem.

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4. I was facing this error when moving my site files from hostgator to other host, what I did was ZIP the files and FTP them to the new host. something messed up with compressing the files, when I compressed them with tar.gz everything worked fine. that’s what helped me after several hours,

   probably something with the encoding of files.

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5. There is some WordPress issue.
   you please update your wp_load.php and using this code.

   <!-- start -->
   
   <?php
   /**
    * Bootstrap file for setting the ABSPATH constant
    * and loading the wp-config.php file. The wp-config.php
    * file will then load the wp-settings.php file, which
    * will then set up the WordPress environment.
    *
    * If the wp-config.php file is not found then an error
    * will be displayed asking the visitor to set up the
    * wp-config.php file.
    *
    * Will also search for wp-config.php in WordPress' parent
    * directory to allow the WordPress directory to remain
    * untouched.
    *
    * @package WordPress
    */
   
   /** Define ABSPATH as this file's directory */
   if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
       define( 'ABSPATH', dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/' );
   }
   
   error_reporting( E_CORE_ERROR | E_CORE_WARNING | E_COMPILE_ERROR | E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE | E_USER_ERROR | E_USER_WARNING | E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR );
   
   /*
    * If wp-config.php exists in the WordPress root, or if it exists in the root and wp-settings.php
    * doesn't, load wp-config.php. The secondary check for wp-settings.php has the added benefit
    * of avoiding cases where the current directory is a nested installation, e.g. / is WordPress(a)
    * and /blog/ is WordPress(b).
    *
    * If neither set of conditions is true, initiate loading the setup process.
    */
   if ( file_exists( ABSPATH . 'wp-config.php' ) ) {
   
       /** The config file resides in ABSPATH */
       require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-config.php' );
   
   } elseif ( @file_exists( dirname( ABSPATH ) . '/wp-config.php' ) && ! @file_exists( dirname( ABSPATH ) . '/wp-settings.php' ) ) {
   
       /** The config file resides one level above ABSPATH but is not part of another installation */
       require_once( dirname( ABSPATH ) . '/wp-config.php' );
   
   } else {
   
       // A config file doesn't exist
   
       define( 'WPINC', 'wp-includes' );
       require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/load.php' );
   
       // Standardize $_SERVER variables across setups.
       wp_fix_server_vars();
   
       require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/functions.php' );
   
       $path = wp_guess_url() . '/wp-admin/setup-config.php';
   
       /*
        * We're going to redirect to setup-config.php. While this shouldn't result
        * in an infinite loop, that's a silly thing to assume, don't you think? If
        * we're traveling in circles, our last-ditch effort is "Need more help?"
        */
       if ( false === strpos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'setup-config' ) ) {
           header( 'Location: ' . $path );
           exit;
       }
   
       define( 'WP_CONTENT_DIR', ABSPATH . 'wp-content' );
       require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/version.php' );
   
       wp_check_php_mysql_versions();
       wp_load_translations_early();
   
       // Die with an error message
       $die = sprintf(
           /* translators: %s: wp-config.php */
           __( "There doesn't seem to be a %s file. I need this before we can get started." ),
           '<code>wp-config.php</code>'
       ) . '</p>';
       $die .= '<p>' . sprintf(
           /* translators: %s: Documentation URL. */
           __( "Need more help? <a href='%s'>We got it</a>." ),
           __( 'https://wordpress.org/support/article/editing-wp-config-php/' )
       ) . '</p>';
       $die .= '<p>' . sprintf(
           /* translators: %s: wp-config.php */
           __( "You can create a %s file through a web interface, but this doesn't work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file." ),
           '<code>wp-config.php</code>'
       ) . '</p>';
       $die .= '<p><a href="' . $path . '" class="button button-large">' . __( 'Create a Configuration File' ) . '</a>';
   
       wp_die( $die, __( 'WordPress &rsaquo; Error' ) );
   }
   
   <!-- end -->
   

   and please change file permission 644 to 444.

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