Title: EM causing fatal error Last modified: April 25, 2017 --- # EM causing fatal error * Resolved [danbru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danbru/) * (@danbru) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/em-causing-fatal-error/) * About a week ago, I noticed that my dashboard was no longer loading. It loads only when I deactivate EM. * Wordpress is giving the following error: * Fatal error: Uncaught Error: [] operator not supported for strings in /home/*******/ public_html/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/classes/em-events.php:63 Stack trace: #0 /home/*******/public_html/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/classes/ em-events.php(124): EM_Events::get(Array, true) #1 /home/*******/public_html/ wp-content/plugins/events-manager/admin/em-admin.php(21): EM_Events::count(Array)# 2 /home/*******/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(298): em_admin_menu(”)# 3 /home/*******/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(323): WP_Hook->apply_filters( NULL, Array) #4 /home/*******/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php(453): WP_Hook- >do_action(Array) #5 /home/*******/public_html/wp-admin/includes/menu.php(149): do_action(‘admin_menu’, ”) #6 /home/*******/public_html/wp-admin/menu.php(282): require_once(‘/home/*******/p…’) #7 /home/*******/public_html/wp-admin/admin. php(138): require(‘/home/*******/p…’) #8 /home/*******/public_html/wp-admin/plugins. php(10): require_once(‘/home/*******/p…’) #9 {main} thrown in /home/*******/public_html/ wp-content/plugins/events-manager/classes/em-events.php on line 63 * Any thoughts? Thanks! - This topic was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by [danbru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danbru/). - This topic was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by [danbru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danbru/). Reason: grammar Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/) * (@angelo_nwl) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/em-causing-fatal-error/#post-9065208) * can I know when is this started to happen? also, what is your current php version? * Thread Starter [danbru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danbru/) * (@danbru) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/em-causing-fatal-error/#post-9065375) * PHP version was the issue. I forgot that I had set it on 7.1 for some other work that I was doing. I put it back to the default 5.6 and the error stopped. * Thanks! * [mustermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mustermann/) * (@mustermann) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/em-causing-fatal-error/#post-9066558) * Event Manager has a problem with PHP 7.1: * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-event-manager-5-6-6-1-did-not-run-with-php-7-1/#post-8975646](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-event-manager-5-6-6-1-did-not-run-with-php-7-1/#post-8975646) * We are all waiting for a new version … * It makes no sense to work with a DEV-Version in live. Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘EM causing fatal error’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/events-manager/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3550347) * [Events Manager - Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!](https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/reviews/) ## Tags * [event-manager](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/event-manager/) * [php 7.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php-7-1/) * 3 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [mustermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mustermann/) * Last activity: [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/em-causing-fatal-error/#post-9066558) * Status: resolved