PHP Fatal error: "Cannot declare class" (due to symlink)
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:00 am
[PROBLEM]
I ran into the following error message when I tried to make CollectiveAccess (CA) available in another folder that was merely a symbolic link to the previous installation:
[SOLUTION]
Apache needs to be restarted to "let go" of the previously instantiated class.
I ran into the following error message when I tried to make CollectiveAccess (CA) available in another folder that was merely a symbolic link to the previous installation:
I'm posting this here, because this may happen with any other PHP site as well.PHP Fatal error: Cannot declare class WidgetManager, because the name is already in use in /var/www/providence-ca/app/lib/WidgetManager.php on line 41
[SOLUTION]
Apache needs to be restarted to "let go" of the previously instantiated class.
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$ systemctl restart apache2