Title: Function Declaration Error
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Function Declaration Error

 *  [lokim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lokim/)
 * (@lokim)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-declaration-error/)
 * Hey, sorry that this is more of a PHP question than a WordPress one but I figured
   that you guys might have run into the same problem and could provide a quick 
   answer.
    Anyway, I’m moving my site over to WordPress (from Movabletype) and 
   my PHP skills are rudimentary at best. I also run phpBB, and as part of my main
   index page I’m attemping to include a “latest post” type of thing (using a plugin
   for phpBB). The problem is this: one of the files necessary for this to work (
   either in the plugin code or phpBB itself, not sure which) declares a `get_userdata()`
   function, which it can’t actually do since WordPress already does. In short, 
   is there any way to make use of a namespace (like in C/C++) or some other such
   workaround that can alleviate this problem?

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 *  [sehh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sehh/)
 * (@sehh)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-declaration-error/#post-82366)
 * In case anyone else has the same problem:
 * i solved it by modifying the phpbb files and renamed the two functions that conflict
   with WP.
 * i used “grep” and “replace” command line utils to find and replace strings in
   multiple files.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [sehh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sehh/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-declaration-error/#post-82366)
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