Uncaught Error: Call to a member function seekto() on null in gettext.php:148

[SevilleCode]

Describe the bug

My installation (part of XAMPP on Windows 10) will not load. Instead, it displays an error message of "Uncaught Error: Call to a member function seekto() on null in gettext.php:148". It was working until recently, so I'm not sure what has changed.

The databases themselves don't seem to have any issues (WordPress and some custom coding exercises work just fine), so this would seem to be an issue exclusive to PHPMyAdmin.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Start Apache and MySQL in XAMPP
2. Visit localhost/phpmyadmin
3. See error message

Expected behavior

I should be able to see the PHPMyAdmin login screen.

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Server configuration

• Operating system: Windows 10
• Web server: Apache/XAMPP
• Database version: MySQL/XAMPP
• PHP version: 8.0.19
• phpMyAdmin version: I'm not sure

Client configuration

• Browser: Brave 1.62.153, Firefox 122.0
• Operating system: Windows 10

Additional context

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[kamil-tekiela]

Can you show the full stack trace?

[SevilleCode]

Sure.

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function seekto() on null in C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\libraries\php-gettext\gettext.php:148 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\libraries\php-gettext\gettext.php(254): gettext_reader->load_tables() #1 C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\libraries\php-gettext\gettext.inc(279): gettext_reader->translate('Page number:') #2 C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\libraries\php-gettext\gettext.inc(286): _gettext('Page number:') #3 C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\libraries\select_lang.lib.php(520): __('Page number:') #4 C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\libraries\common.inc.php(567): require('C:\xampp\phpMyA...') #5 C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\index.php(11): require_once('C:\xampp\phpMyA...') #6 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\libraries\php-gettext\gettext.php on line 148

[kamil-tekiela]

Are you using phpMyAdmin 4.6? This version is most definitely not compatible with PHP 8.0. I think this version stopped receiving any updates over 7 years ago. You need to update your phpMyAdmin installation.

[SevilleCode]

I'm honestly not sure which version I'm using, but I will try updating it.

[SevilleCode]

Yep, that was the problem! Thank you!