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By mkpaul on
After upgrading from 4.7.4 to 4.7.7, the following error message appears in the browser when accessing the site:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: form_hidden() in /home/mkpaul/domains/chintha.com/public_html/includes/common.inc(1201) : eval()'d code on line 2
Unfortunately the error persists even when running with just the drupal core! I already tried removing the contributed modules, but no luck!!!! Anyone has any idea how to fix this?
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did you go directly to 4.7.7 ? or to 4.7.6 first ?
If it were me, I'd revert to the backups taken before updating and update to 4.7.6 which, from what i remember, has a DB job or two to do. Then I would update to 4.7.7
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Thanks for the reply. I went
Thanks for the reply. I went directly to 4.7.7. Should I go through 4.7.5?
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I corrected my first post, I meant 4.7.6 acccording to the update thread for 4.7.7
it is also worthy to note, that the settings.php file must be replaced with the 4.7.7 update.
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I have the settings.php
I have the settings.php replaced with 4.7.7 version already. Let me give a try to upgrade to 4.7.6 first...
thanks anyways!
No luck!
The most frustrating thing is that it doesn't even work with drupal core! A fresh download of the drupal core should work in any case...
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This won't ease your frustration, but I just installed 4.7.7 and it worked perfectly well.
using form_hidden() as a search term turned up a few threads, one in perticular = http://drupal.org/node/69382
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Even in mycase it happened
Even in mycase it happened after a turned on a sidebar block. But later i went into the database and disabled that block (through phpmyadmin). Then i removed all the contrib modules, suspecting that one of them might be using this function (as indicated in the link). Now all I have is the base drupal install!!! But I still get the same error!!!
Does it some how relate to caching? How do I disable caching directly in database through phpmyadmin?
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when you state that you "removed" the modules. did you also uninstall them from the DB ? if not they aren't actually removed which would mean you don't have a base install DB.
One of the features in Drupal 5.x is the uninstall function which removed the DB entires with the click of a button.
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Besides custom blocks and forms, another place to check is your theme's template files. If you are not using a fresh default theme, try to change to one.
thanks!!!
Thanks for all the comments... I finally found out that the php code in the block was calling that form_hidden() function.
To recover, i had to go into the database through phpmyadmin and then delete the entries corresponding to the custom block. Then i was able to get the site back online.
Thanks!
regards,
Paul