Title: [Plugin: WP phpBB Bridge] Fatal error functions_user.php
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP phpBB Bridge] Fatal error functions_user.php

 *  [colingardom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colingardom/)
 * (@colingardom)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-phpbb-bridge-1/)
 * phpBB Bridge version:2.0.5
 * Installed, got it to log in/out on both forum and WP. Then went to add auto topic
   forums and user (just me). After this I got the following error. Even after uninstalling
   the plugin, then re-installing it continues to do it. (not installed any new 
   plugins/updated any or any code)
 * error:
    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare validate_username() (previously declared
   in /###/###/###/wp-includes/user.php:1201) in /###/###/###/forum/includes/functions_user.
   php on line 1597
 * Refreshing the page ends error and brings up page.
 * Great plugin but sadly can’t use now. Any help appreciated.
    Colin

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 *  Thread Starter [colingardom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colingardom/)
 * (@colingardom)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-phpbb-bridge-1/#post-2498067)
 * Uninstalled plugin, reset all options and tried again. Error seems to have disappeared
   for now (your input still appreciated on it though).
 * Now I get this error when updating a post and expecting it to send to forum: 
   Fatal error: Class ‘bitfield’ not found in /#/#/#/forum/includes/message_parser.
   php on line 48
 * Colin.
 *  Thread Starter [colingardom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colingardom/)
 * (@colingardom)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-phpbb-bridge-1/#post-2498071)
 * Ok, now I see the problem with bitfield error. My wp posts are sending the whole
   damn code over to the forum including the shortcode, in this case my caption 
   codes. Guess I could hack it (don’t know how yet) but for now I can stop using
   caption in images. Any ideas???
 *  [ThePhat32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thephat32/)
 * (@thephat32)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-phpbb-bridge-1/#post-2498443)
 * I am getting the same issue as you first were. I wasn’t until now and its only
   happening for certain users. I don’t want to re-install it again, its been a 
   lot of playing with it to make it work this far. I am running 2.0.6 not 2.0.5
 * As for the bitfield error you now how, I was able to solve that by edting:
    wp-
   content/plugins/wp-phpbb-bridge/inc/wpbb_functions.php
 * Line 652:
    $uid = $bitfield = ”;
 * Right after that add this:
    $allow_bbcode = false;
 * Not sure why blocking BBCode made it work but it did

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 * [phpBB Bridge](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/phpbb-bridge/)

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 * Last reply from: [ThePhat32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thephat32/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-phpbb-bridge-1/#post-2498443)
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