Title: Activate problem
Last modified: September 30, 2018

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# Activate problem

 *  Resolved [casa1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/casa1/)
 * (@casa1)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-problem-5/)
 * I can’t activate the plugin.
    Fatal error: Can’t use method return value in write
   context in /wp-content/plugins/business-directory-plugin_/includes/fields/class-
   fieldtypes-textarea.php on line 424
 * And the line 424 says:
 * if ( 1 == $excerpt_override || ( 2 == $excerpt_override && empty( $f->value( 
   $listing_id ) ) ) ) {
 * Whats wrong? Please help! It worked in MAMP. Then I moved my site to my server
   and so it became the problem!

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 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-problem-5/#post-10737506)
 * Hi [@casa1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/casa1/),
 * Sorry that you ran into issues here!
 * That error you’re seeing comes from having a version of PHP that is older that
   version 5.6. BD and WP support PHP 5.6 and higher.
 * If you upgrade your PHP version at your hosting company, you’ll see that error
   disappear.
 * Please let me know if you have any other questions or issues!

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 * Last reply from: [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-problem-5/#post-10737506)
 * Status: resolved