Call to undefined function __() error - phpMyAdmin

Question

When i want run phpMyAdmin on my browser, that show me this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function __() in /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/libraries/core.lib.p         


        

Answer 1

For me the error was in /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/libraries/sanitizing.lib.php.

I increased php error reporting following this advice and commented the offending line in sanitizing.lib.php by prepending // in front.

Then the error was more descriptive: Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/usr/share/php/php-gettext/gettext.inc' (include_path='.') in /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/common.inc.php on line 477

I noticed that I somehow lost the php-gettext debian package, but after installing it phpMyAdmin worked again.