Fatal error: Call to undefined function: timer_start() in /home/content/p/o/i/po

do you have a wp-includes/wp-db.php file uploaded? If so, delete the one on your site, and upload a fresh one out of the downloadable zip.

if not, upload it.

yes, i just deleted it and reuploaded the fresh one. nothing. i tried putting back the existing wordpress site and now the entire site is down.

it has something to do with my db. i created a new one and it installed. i am going to try to wire it back up after it is installed. wtf?

did it work?

Same problem, so I just added this to wp-admin/upgrade.php

if(!function_exists("timer_start")) {
  function timer_start() {
  	$mtime = microtime();
  	$mtime = explode(' ', $mtime);
  	$this->time_start = $mtime[1] + $mtime[0];
  	return true;
  }
}