Moodle fatal error call to undefined method get_header

Question

I am using moodle for the first time today. I am to look at a site that was built with it. I was getting a blank white screen after login. Then I googled and put a debug line and now it says an error

Fatal error: Call to undefined method core_renderer_maintenance::get_header() in /.../../public_html/theme/genesis/layout/header.php on line 7

New to php too. What is the steps i need to take? ANy help is appreciated. Thanks. If you have questions, please ask.

Answer 1

Be sure to have code that calls the core of moodle:

require_once (dirname ( dirname ( dirname ( __FILE__ ) ) ) . '/config.php');

(the amount of dirname depends on where you are) then you can use the the global variables like $OUTPUT, $PAGE without problem.

echo $OUTPUT->header ();
(your code)
echo $OUTPUT->footer ();