Title: Bug with PHP 7.0.0RC1
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Bug with PHP 7.0.0RC1

 *  [eLd0raDo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eld0rado/)
 * (@eld0rado)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-with-php-700rc1/)
 * My webhost allows to try PHP 7, and with RC1 enabled the Backup Plugin runs into
   an error:
 * [27-Aug-2015 09:07:22] 1. Trying to create backup archive …
    [27-Aug-2015 09:
   07:22] Compressing files as TarGz. Please be patient, this may take a moment.[
   27-Aug-2015 09:07:24] Restart will be executed now. [27-Aug-2015 09:07:25] 2.
   Trying to create backup archive … [27-Aug-2015 09:07:27] Restart will be executed
   now. [27-Aug-2015 09:07:28] 3. Trying to create backup archive … [27-Aug-2015
   09:07:30] Restart will be executed now. [27-Aug-2015 09:07:31] ERROR: Step aborted:
   too many attempts!
 * Just wanted to give a heads up on this, since I am not using the PHP 7 in production
   tis is not really a big problem.
 * Best, Markus
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * (@danielhuesken)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-with-php-700rc1/#post-6481816)
 * Hmmm. in my test it works.
 *  Thread Starter [eLd0raDo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eld0rado/)
 * (@eld0rado)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-with-php-700rc1/#post-6481817)
 * Strange, but I can fully reproduce every time I switch to PHP 7.
    Maybe a problem
   with just my hoster.

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 * Last reply from: [eLd0raDo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eld0rado/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-with-php-700rc1/#post-6481817)
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