Title: E_ERROR Help
Last modified: April 17, 2023

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# E_ERROR Help

 *  Resolved [scouts6270](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scouts6270/)
 * (@scouts6270)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/e_error-help/)
 * Hi,
 *     ```wp-block-code
       I was testing updating to PHP 8.1 from 7.4 and when I do my site throws this error. I cannot locate the issue as to why as I'm not the woocommerce dev. Can anyone help?
   
   
   
       Error Details
   
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       An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 72 of the file /home/paperalc/public_html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/includes/admin/helper/class-wc-helper-updater.php. Error message: Uncaught Error: Attempt to modify property "response" on null in /home/paperalc/public_html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/includes/admin/helper/class-wc-helper-updater.php:72
   
       Stack trace:
   
       #0 /home/paperalc/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(310): WC_Helper_Updater::transient_update_plugins()
   
       #1 /home/paperalc/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php(205): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
   
       #2 /home/paperalc/public_html/wp-includes/option.php(2036): apply_filters()
   
       #3 /home/paperalc/public_html/wp-includes/update.php(391): set_site_transient()
   
       #4 /home/paperalc/public_html/wp-includes/update.php(1020): wp_update_plugins()
   
       #5 /home/paperalc/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(308): _maybe_update_plugins()
   
       #6 /home/paperalc/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(332): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
   
       #7 /home/paperalc/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action()
   
       #8 /home/paperalc/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php(175): do_action()
   
       #9 /home/paperalc/public_html/wp-admin/edit.php(10): require_once('/home/paperalc/...')
   
       #10 {main}
   
         thrown
       ```
   

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 *  [Igor H](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ihereira/)
 * (@ihereira)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/e_error-help/#post-16663206)
 * Hi,
 * I understand you are receiving an error when updating PHP on your site from 7.4
   to 8.1.
 * Can you temporarily switch the site theme to [Storefront](https://www.woocommerce.com/storefront/)
   and disable all plugins except WooCommerce to see if the issue persists after
   that? If not, it means a conflict was affecting the site, and you can switch 
   back to the original theme and then reactivate the plugins one by one, and checking
   after each reactivation, until you find the cause of the issue. More info is 
   in this documentation: [https://woocommerce.com/document/how-to-test-for-conflicts/](https://woocommerce.com/document/how-to-test-for-conflicts/)
 * Let us know if there are any questions.

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/e_error-help/#post-16663206)
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