Call to undefined function: bloginfo() in … /index.php on line 5

This would be in the lines <meta content=”<?php bloginfo(‘html_type’); ?>; charset=<?php bloginfo(‘charset’); ?>” http-equiv=”Content-Type”>

does it work with the default theme ?

which version of wp u r using ?

I copied this code from the default theme, v. 2.0

Has anyone come up with a solution for this?

Today, I opened index.php using my FTP program and made a simple change to a link. When I loaded the change, I get the error message

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: bloginfo() in /home/removedforprivacy/public_html/index.php on line 5

How do I fix this? When doing a search on Google for the phrase …. Call to undefined function: bloginfo() …. lots of messed up sites show up in the results.

Help !! Please. ??

Did you upload to the index.php in the main wordpress install directory? If so makes sure have the correct include and constant in there, like:

define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
require('./wp-blog-header.php');

Hooray! When I copied the index.php before making a link change, I stupidly failed to copy 3 lines at the top.

Thanks so much for opening my eyes for me and responding so quickly.