# PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dump() **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** v2\ **Created:** [February 21, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774 "2018-02-21T13:40:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![afincato](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/afincato/32/3446_2.png) [@afincato](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/afincato)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/1 "2018-02-21T13:40:50Z")
Was going to install a plugin with `kirby plugin:install author/name` and got the following error ```auto PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dump() (previously declared in /Users/xx/.composer/vendor/symfony/var-dumper/Resources/functions/dump.php:18) in /Users/xx/website/kirby/vendor/getkirby/toolkit/helpers.php on line 114 ``` The only thing that could have messed things up is that I installed valet with composer some days ago, but I am not using it for this website. If I do `kirby update` I get the same error as well. Ideas? ---
**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/2 "2018-02-21T13:43:19Z")
Have you recently installed anything? Like Laravel Valet maybe? ---
**Author:** ![afincato](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/afincato/32/3446_2.png) [@afincato](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/afincato)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/3 "2018-02-21T13:54:18Z")
Yes, I said that (maybe should have been more explicit). ---
**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/4 "2018-02-21T13:57:24Z")
Sorry, I overlooked that. I’m actually getting the same error since having installed Valet. Haven’t had a chance to look into this. The functions conflict because they are not namespaced or prefixed, and since they all live in the same bucket, well, they collide. > > **[consolidation/cgr](https://github.com/consolidation/cgr)** > > cgr - Safe replacement for \`composer global require\` ---
**Author:** ![afincato](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/afincato/32/3446_2.png) [@afincato](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/afincato)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/5 "2018-02-21T14:15:26Z")
I think I’m gonna take it off for now… Thanks for pointing it out! For anyone needing this — [https://stackoverflow.com/a/40279538](https://stackoverflow.com/a/40279538) (I replaced `brew uninstall php70` w/ `brew uninstall php72`) ---
**Author:** ![jimbobrjames](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/jimbobrjames/32/5802_2.png) [@jimbobrjames](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/jimbobrjames)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/6 "2018-02-21T14:38:07Z")
Does it still happen if you stop Valet running temporarily? Does it really need complete removal? You can stop its daemon from running with `valet stop`, and then restart it with `valet restart`. My thinking is if its not running, its not using those conflicting functions. ---
**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/7 "2018-02-21T14:57:43Z")
I don‘t have it running but the problem exists nevertheless. ---
**Author:** ![jimbobrjames](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/jimbobrjames/32/5802_2.png) [@jimbobrjames](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/jimbobrjames)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/8 "2018-02-21T15:14:43Z")
> [@texnixe](#): > > I don‘t have it running but the problem exists nevertheless. Hmm thats a shame. Worth a shot though. ---
**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/9 "2018-02-21T15:45:10Z")
@afincato If we don’t install the CLI globally but into its own separate folder and include the path in the $PATH variable (like I actually had it on my last Mac), we shouldn’t run into this conflict. See the CLI readme. Edit: Just to let you know, I installed the CLI to another path, added the path to the $PATH variable and can now run both the CLI and Laravel Valet happily together. ---
**Author:** ![afincato](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/afincato/32/3446_2.png) [@afincato](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/afincato)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/10 "2018-02-22T14:45:30Z")
this is smart, indeed. did you try? might give it a try in the coming days and will report back! ---
**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/11 "2018-02-22T15:19:15Z")
> [@afincato](#): > > this is smart, indeed. did you try? Yep, up till now it’s running without any problems. Make sure to close your terminal windows to pick up the changes. ---
**Author:** ![afincato](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/afincato/32/3446_2.png) [@afincato](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/afincato)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/12 "2018-03-02T15:33:17Z")
i’m giving this a go! on macOS, which custom folder did you choose to install kirby cli? re: one of those `.dotfolder`? ---
**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/13 "2018-03-02T15:50:51Z")
Just a standard folder in my user folder, in this case it is stupidly called vendor, but could be renamed to anything more useful like kirby\_cli or whatever you like. ---
**Author:** ![afincato](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/afincato/32/3446_2.png) [@afincato](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/afincato)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/14 "2018-03-20T12:02:43Z")
sorry to come back to this only now. having problems with… setting up the correct path to the local folder of kirby-cli on my `.bashrc`. this is all i have (that i am aware of), composer-related: ```auto # --- composer export PATH=$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH export PATH=$HOME/kirby-cli/vendor/bin:$PATH export PATH=/Users/af-etc/.pyenv/shims:/Users/af-etc/.composer/vendor/bin:/Users/af-etc/.nvm/versions/node/v8.7.0/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/usr/local/opt/fzf/bin:/usr/local/opt/go/libexec/bin:~/.local/bin export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:$PATH" ``` the second line, which should link to the local package of kirby, it’s not working (i reloaded / quitted-repoened the terminal). what’s a way to set it up correctly? ---
**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/15 "2018-03-20T12:13:55Z")
In my case it looks like this: ```auto alias composer="php /usr/local/bin/composer.phar" export PATH=$PATH:~/.composer/vendor/bin export PATH=$PATH:~/vendor/bin #this is where the cli lives ``` ---
**Author:** ![afincato](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/afincato/32/3446_2.png) [@afincato](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/afincato)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/16 "2018-03-20T12:28:34Z")
thank you. i updated it to ```auto alias composer="php /usr/local/bin/composer" export PATH=$PATH:~/.composer/vendor/bin export PATH=$PATH:~/kirbycli/vendor/bin ``` adding `/vendor` between my kirbycli folder and the bin folder, as that’s how structured the folder. composer and valet commands work perfectly, kirby still not. ---
**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/17 "2018-03-20T12:32:17Z")
Really? In my structure, it looks like this: ![13](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/getkirby/original/2X/7/70ce65bbf3234e34ed7857af16a13386ae9a60a8.jpg) This is the vendor folder I’m referring to in my path. ---
**Author:** ![afincato](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/afincato/32/3446_2.png) [@afincato](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/afincato)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/18 "2018-03-20T13:10:26Z")
oh wait, i’m getting confused now. ![24](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/getkirby/original/2X/7/7a6086fd175cbba91540df982a838d98ffaeaea9.png) ---
**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/19 "2018-03-20T13:15:45Z")
Well, maybe your vendor folder is inside a kirbycli folder, I don’t know… ---
**Author:** ![krisa](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/krisa/32/3415_2.png) [@krisa](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/krisa)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774/20 "2018-03-20T16:26:56Z")
Also having same problem. I would rather not make another composer folder. Isn’t it just matter of updating kirby-cli somehow? [Next page](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-dump/9774.md?page=2)