How to Fix Gravatars2 PHP5 HTTPRequest Fatal Error

I used gravatars2 plugins to support my new sexy theme. There is some minor issue (throw fatal Error in PHP5.1) with this WordPress plugin. I did asked them to updated it but till today’s this bug still exists with Gravatars2 plugins.

This “fatal error” or conflict happen if you had PHP 5 ( 5.0 > 5.1 above) with HTTPRequest Modules Installed.

Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class httprequest in /../wp-content/plugins/gravatars2.php on line 284

HTTPRequest Classname Conflict

It’s not that hard to fix this “Naming Conflicts”. All you need is “Search and Replace” HTTPRequest class name to different name (ie: _HTTPRequest, HTTP__Request) so it wont conflict with PHP HTTPRequest Standard Class. If you don’t know how to do this. Check the below lists. It wont take long.

1. Open wp-content/plugins/gravatars2.php or http://www.my-domain-name.com/wp-admin/plugin-editor.php?file=gravatars2.php
2. Find on line 284

   class HTTPRequest

   Replace with

   class _HTTPRequest

3. Next find on line 323

   function HTTPRequest($url, $timeout)

   Replace with

   function _HTTPRequest($url, $timeout)

4. Final step find on line 408

   $hr = new HTTPRequest($url, $timeout);

   Replace with

   $hr = new _HTTPRequest($url, $timeout);

5. Save or upload back to wp-content/plugins/

Thats all

Gravatars2

For the record - “Gravatar2 developer doesn’t give support without donation”.

Excerpt from Kip Bond at zenpax.com

I am no longer giving support for this plugin without a donation — it’s becoming repetitive and not very rewarding. You can email me (kip @ this website’s hostname (zenpax.com)) with your question, and I can tell you what minimum donation amount is sufficient per the difficulty of the question. Note that this donation in no way obligates me to any contractual duties. It’s mostly a way to make sure that people have exhausted their own efforts at resolving their own problems before asking for my support. ~kip Bond

I hope these would explain some curiosity.

tips to php developer: used class_exists before declaring any user define class.

Related Links

• Gravatars2 Discussion & Support page