[wp-hackers] Upgrading a plugin that works on WP 2.9.2 to work with WP 3.0.1+

[Dustin Shea]

I've added the if (!function_exists('somefucntion') { ... } before every function which stopped cannot redeclare function errors, now when I try to activate it, it just says Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. No other information is provided about it.

-Dustin

On 9/9/2010 12:04 AM, Ryan Bilesky wrote:
> should be
>
> if( !function_exists( 'ffxi_install' ) ){
>      //Your function here
> }
>
> Also as a side note I had the same error before when trying to execute a
> function in a separate file that I had requires, changing that to
> require_once fixed that.
>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Dustin Shea<demonicpagan at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> I used that in my code, now after activation it throws this error now:
>>
>> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting '(' in
>> /home/demonicpagan/wp-testing/wp-content/plugins/ffxi/ffxi.php on line 59
>>
>> Updated code at http://stelth2000inc.com/ffxi.phps
>>
>> -Dustin
>>
>>
>> On 9/8/2010 10:33 PM, Brent Shepherd (Prospress) wrote:
>>
>>> Check to make sure the plugin has previously been properly deactivated by
>>> looking at the wp_options table. Find the option_name "active_plugins" and
>>> make sure ffxi.php is not in that array when the plugin has been
>>> deactivated. Not properly deactivating is what I've found to cause this
>>> for
>>> me.
>>>
>>> If that fails, then you can always test if the function is already
>>> declared
>>> before declaring it:
>>>
>>> if( !function_exists( 'ffxi_install' ) )
>>> function ffxi_install() {
>>>      ...
>>> }
>>>
>>> That is really a bandaid more than a solution though.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Dustin Shea<demonicpagan at gmail.com>
>>>   wrote:
>>>
>>> I've been trying to upgrade a plugin of mine that I wrote so that it works
>>>> with WP 3.0+. The problem I run into is that when I go to activate the
>>>> plugin, it displays the following error
>>>>   Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a *fatal error*
>>>>
>>>> *Fatal error*: Cannot redeclare ffxi_install() (previously declared in
>>>> */home/demonicpagan/wp-testing/wp-content/plugins/ffxi/ffxi.php:60) in
>>>> /home/demonicpagan/wp-testing/wp-content/plugins/ffxi/ffxi.php* on line
>>>> *353*
>>>>
>>>> Despite that error being presented, the plugin does activate, however, if
>>>> I
>>>> can figure out what is triggering the error to display, I'd prefer it.
>>>>
>>>> The code for this can be found here: http://stelth2000inc.com/ffxi.phps
>>>>
>>>> I thank anyone who can help me figure out what's going on.
>>>>
>>>> -Dustin
>>>>
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