"options.php" not found

Question

I am making a Wordpress theme with a custom admin page. What I did to make it save the settings was this:

<form method="post" action="options.php"> 

When I hit the submit button, I got an error message saying that "options.php" was not found. I attempted to change the general settings and it worked. It was just with my settings page.

Thanks!

EDIT: I just found something on the Codex about this. But I have no idea what it means. It is at the "Notes" section. If someone could help that would be great!

My code:http://pastebin.com/bvXcXhCQ

Answer 1

Like @LupuAndrei said, we lack of details, especially the code where you call you form from.

But I suspect, again like @LupuAndrei said, you might not be calling the settings_fields, do_settings_fields or do_settings_sections correctly.

On the function where you build your form, try something like this

<form method="post" action="options.php">
   <table class="form-table">
      <?php 

      settings_fields( 'animated-settings-group' ); // This will output the nonce, action, and option_page fields for a settings page.
      do_settings_sections( 'hoogleyboogley_animated' ); // This prints out the actual sections containing the settings fields for the page in parameter 

      ?>
    </table>

  <?php submit_button(); ?>
</form>

Answer 2

Your question lacks a lot of details which could clarify the source of the problem. For example, this error could be also triggered by a wrong call to an add_settings_field function or how settings_fields looks there. These things are essential.

I could try a blind shot and believe that the register_setting function has a different $option_group than $option_name. Try to make the first two parameters to be exactly the same.

Also, you need to take care of your fields. add_settings_field those params must match the register_setting ones

Now if you are really unlucky you could have a problem with whitelist_options filter or some plugin you have installed may crash this.

Personally, I've written a story about how I've got this error and how I've solved it, but it was an isolated case

Answer 3

Replace your form code as:

<form name="form1" method="POST" action="options.php">

Type is not a Form attribute. To know more form attribute please see: From attribute