Title: Fatal error :(
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Fatal error :(

 *  Resolved [SmallScale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smallscale/)
 * (@smallscale)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1766/)
 * Not activated 🙁 (WordPress 4.3)
 * Fatal error: Cannot redeclare update_online_users_status() in ***/public_html/
   wp-content/plugins/friends-for-bbpress/friends.php on line 10
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/friends-for-bbpress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/friends-for-bbpress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [GraemeScott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/graemescott/)
 * (@graemescott)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1766/#post-6447919)
 * Hi SmallScale,
 * Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I was unable to reproduce the error
   you were referring to but I think I have figured out what the problem is. Seeing
   as the error stated that my plugin was trying to redeclare an existing function,
   I assume you have a theme or plugin installed on your site that contains a function
   with the name ‘update_online_users_status’. I have now prefixed all of the functions
   in my plugin with ‘f4bbp’ (short for Friends For bbPress) to avoid this happening
   in the future. Please download the newest update of this plugin (1.2) and let
   me know if this resolves your isssue.
 * Thanks,
    Graeme
 *  Thread Starter [SmallScale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smallscale/)
 * (@smallscale)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1766/#post-6447923)
 * Hello.
    Sorry for the bad English. Fatal error does not exist. There are button
   on profile, but she do not work. After the agreement on friendship, page is updated,
   but friends list is empty 🙁
 *  Plugin Author [GraemeScott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/graemescott/)
 * (@graemescott)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1766/#post-6447925)
 * Hi SmallScale,
 * I seem to be having the same problem. I think something with the newest version
   of WordPress (4.3) is not playing nice with my plugin so I will let you know 
   when I have resolved the issue. Sorry about that! Thank you very much for pointing
   out this error and I will get things fixed as soon as possible.
 * Thanks again,
    Graeme
 *  Plugin Author [GraemeScott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/graemescott/)
 * (@graemescott)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1766/#post-6447926)
 * Hi SmallScale,
 * I figured out the problem. I had used the add_user_meta() function in several
   places in the plugin to store information on who each members friend’s were and
   for some reason in WordPress 4.3, meta_keys no longer need to be unique. I ended
   up having 3 meta keys all named ‘friends-list’ but only one was actually being
   populated and the rest were empty. Thank you for being patient. Please download
   the newest update of this plugin (1.3) and let me know if this resolves your 
   issue.
 * Thanks,
    Graeme
 *  Thread Starter [SmallScale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smallscale/)
 * (@smallscale)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1766/#post-6447930)
 * Thank you very much!
    WP 4.3 + Friends For bbPress 1.3 – all work fine! 😀 Thank
   you for the quick help 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [SmallScale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smallscale/)
 * (@smallscale)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1766/#post-6447931)
 * 😉
 *  Plugin Author [GraemeScott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/graemescott/)
 * (@graemescott)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1766/#post-6447933)
 * Hi SmallScale,
 * Glad I could help. Thank you for bringing these issues to my attention.
 * Enjoy the plugin,
    Graeme

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1766/#post-6447933)
 * Status: resolved