PHP 'Fatal error Cannot redeclare perch_blog_form_handler()' started showing on localhost

Andrew Scrivener · Jan 20th 2020

Hi,

I wonder if someone can help with a hopefully simple PHP issue. I have an existing site on Perch and have been in the process of adding a blog to it. Installation of the add-on was fine initially, I've added posts to the backend but last night started getting the following error when trying to view any pages locally;

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare perch_blog_form_handler() (previously declared in /Users/andrewscrivener/Sites/XXXX/perch/addons/apps/perch_blog/runtime.php:28) in /Users/andrewscrivener/Sites/XXXX/perch/addons/apps/perch_blog/runtime.php on line 42

I'm not a PHP dev so from digging around I can only see the perch_blog_form_handler()function defined in that page and no other files. The function hasn't been edited by me at all and runs from line 28 - 42 as follows;

Code

function perch_blog_form_handler($SubmittedForm)
{
if ($SubmittedForm->formID=='comment' && $SubmittedForm->validate()) {
$API = new PerchAPI(1.0, 'perch_blog');
$Comments = new PerchBlog_Comments($API);
$Comments->receive_new_comment($SubmittedForm);
}
if ($SubmittedForm->formID=='ping' && $SubmittedForm->validate()) {
$Webmentions = new PerchBlog_WebmentionProvider();
$Webmentions->receive_ping_from_form($SubmittedForm);
}
$Perch = Perch::fetch();
PerchUtil::debug($Perch->get_form_errors($SubmittedForm->formID));
}

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If anyone could point me in the right direction to debug this I'd appreciate it.

Thanks

hus_hmd · Jan 21st 2020

Hi Andrew,

You may have perch_blog listed twice in your perch/config/apps.php. If that's the case, removing the duplicate should solve this.

Andrew Scrivener · Jan 22nd 2020

Hi hus_hmd , thanks for replying. No I'd checked that as at one point I'd installed the forms add on but removed it. The perch/config/apps.php file currently is just this;

PHP

<?php
$apps_list = [ 'perch_blog'
];
?>

drewm Jan 21st 2020