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I added a new file in the theme folder and it doesn't seem to be working properly.

The first line get_header(); creates an error Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_header() like it's not seeing any includes.

Any ideas why that happens? All files in the same theme folder work just fine except this one.

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What Theme are you using? What file did you add to the Theme? How/in what context will WordPress use/render this new file? – Chip Bennett Mar 6 '12 at 16:01
I am using a custom theme and I added a file called "sendEmail.php" which takes data from an AJAX call and sends an email using wp_mail(). – user13874 Mar 6 '12 at 16:18
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I think the issue is that you're trying to use WordPress functions outside the context of WordPress. Just a suggestion, but you might get more effective answers if you re-phrased your question as how to take data from an AJAX call and send an email using wp_mail(). – Chip Bennett Mar 6 '12 at 16:38

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You are prbebaly using wordpress elements outside the loop and since its a file ou dont access directly from wordpress structure but a file you created yourself you should include

<?php
require_once("../../../wp-load.php");
?>

Above the doc type opening tag in sendEMail.php file..

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Don’t include wp-load, please. My wp-content directory may be on a different directory outside of the WordPress directory. Good luck finding wp-load.php! :) – toscho♦ Mar 7 '12 at 7:19
i see... does that "moving files around" really happens? i havent noticed that wp-load.php moved since 2.1 (which is the first verstion i installed) - not ideal solution for sure but real easy for a single, few files which you just want to put into your design no? – Sagive SEO Mar 7 '12 at 8:14
Yes, it happens. I have fixed performance problems for some clients, and part of the job was it to move the wp-content to another, cookieless domain. Themes or plugin searching for wp-load.php would just die then. – toscho♦ Mar 7 '12 at 8:20
i see.. ok ;) thanks – Sagive SEO Mar 7 '12 at 8:40

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