Title: Simple Ads Manager redeclaring a function
Last modified: July 14, 2019

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# Simple Ads Manager redeclaring a function

 *  [panaz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/panaz/)
 * (@panaz)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-ads-manager-redeclaring-a-function/)
 * I am seeing this in my error logs
    PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare sanitize_option()(
   previously declared in /wp-content/plugins/simple-ads-manager/sam-ajax.php:47)
   in /wp-includes/formatting.php on line 4462
 * This tells me that SAM redeclares a function with the same name (function sanitize_option),
   which is already declared in WP core file formatting.php. Is this a naming conflict?

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 *  [negrusti](https://wordpress.org/support/users/negrusti/)
 * (@negrusti)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-ads-manager-redeclaring-a-function/#post-11790995)
 * Same issue here
 *  [viwickam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viwickam/)
 * (@viwickam)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-ads-manager-redeclaring-a-function/#post-12152326)
 * I’m having the same error:
 * #0 /www/wp-includes/class-wp-fatal-error-handler.php(147): WP_Fatal_Error_Handler-
   >display_default_error_template(Array, false)
    #1 /www/wp-includes/class-wp-fatal-
   error-handler.php(52): WP_Fatal_Error_Handler->display_error_template(Array, 
   false) #2 [internal function]: WP_Fatal_Error_Handler->handle() #3 {main}
 * Has anyone resolved this issue?

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 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [viwickam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viwickam/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-ads-manager-redeclaring-a-function/#post-12152326)
 * Status: not resolved