Troubleshooter. How to deal with ‘Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class Mobile_Detect’

You may face the errors and warning messages described below during/after template installation. Let’s take a closer look at how to resolve them.

Warning: require_once(public_html\templates\themeXXX\includes\Mobile_Detect.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in public_html/templates/themeXXX/html/modules.php on line 5

Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required ‘public_html\templates\themeXXX\includes\Mobile_Detect.php’ (include_path=’.:/opt/php54/lib/php’) in public_html/templates/themeXXX/html/modules.php on line 5

In order to fix the warning or error which you can see above, you will need to edit templates/themeXXX/html/modules.php file.

1. 1. First of all, connect to FTP or locate the file with a help of Hosting cPanel file manager, download the file to your computer and open in any code editor tool.  Replace the code at the 5th line:

      With this one:

      [notice type=”warning”]Note! The code at the 5th line which you can see in your modules.php may differ, but its correct structure is specified above.
      

   2. Save the changes and re-upload the file back to templates/themeXXX/html/ folder accepting the file replacement. You will see that the error message is gone.

One more variant of the same error:

Warning: require_once(includesDSMobile_Detect.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in public_html/templates/themeXXX/offline.php on line 18

Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required ‘includesDSMobile_Detect.php’ (include_path=’. ; ; Windows: \path1′) in public_html/templates/themeXXX//offline.php on line 18

In order to fix the warning or error which you can see above, you will need to edit templates/themeXXX/offline.php file.

1. First of all, connect to FTP or locate the file with a help of Hosting cPanel file manager, download the file at your PC and open in any code editor tool.  Approximately at lines 17-18 you will see the following code: 
2. You need to edit it the following way:
3. Save the changes and re-upload the file back to templates/themeXXX/html/ folder accepting the file replacement. You will see that the error message is gone.

Now you know how to fix the errors which can appear on your website.