PHP Namespaces in functions.php can lead to fatal error

[Retrofitterdk]

I’m not sure whether this should actually be characterised as a bug in create-block-theme, but cloning a theme that uses a PHP Namespace in functions.php can lead to fatal error.

If you want to clone eg. Ollie theme, which uses

namespace Ollie;

in the functions.php file.

And you chose to give the new, cloned theme a name with a space like "My Theme", then the namespace in functions.php in the cloned theme will be set to

namespace My Theme;

This will immediately cause a fatal php error and make the site inaccessible and you would need to switch theme by making a change in the database.

Thanks a lot for all the hard work with create-block-theme - it really brings a huge amount of value to the community.

[Retrofitterdk]

This will immediately cause a fatal php error and make the site inaccessible and you would need to switch theme by making a change in the database.

Obviously removing spaces from the one line of code in functions.php will also fix the problem.

[t-hamano]

Thanks for the report. I have created https://github.com/WordPress/create-block-theme/issues/777 to discuss this more extensively, so let's close this issue.