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In my global settings, I have my site configured to use a folder called 'civicrm_custom_php' for my PHP override files. This directory is in my web root.

In this directory, I'm overriding 2 files that go in CRM/Utils:
Pager.php
Recent.php

When I just have the Pager.php file in there, everything works great. But when I add in Recent.php, it throws this PHP error:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class CRM_Utils_Recent in /public_html/civicrm_custom_php/CRM/Utils/Recent.php on line 41

Once I remove that file, the error is gone. But obviously I'd like to avoid editing the direct Civi PHP files. I'm confused on why this would work for my other files and not this one. I tried it without making a single change to Recent.php, just putting it in my custom folder, still the same issue. I understand it thinks its redeclaring the same class, but then why wouldn't any of my other custom files do the same thing?

thanks much,
emilyf