Title: Error breaks page
Last modified: January 18, 2018

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# Error breaks page

 *  Resolved [teebark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teebark/)
 * (@teebark)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-breaks-page/)
 * User is getting this error. I had to rename the plugin via ftp to get the site
   back up, [http://autismva.it4causeshosting.org/](http://autismva.it4causeshosting.org/)
 * Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in /home4/it4causes/
   public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbp-style-pack/includes/functions_unread.php on
   line 17

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 *  Plugin Author [Robin W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robin-w/)
 * (@robin-w)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-breaks-page/#post-9879428)
 * what version of php are you using ?
 *  Plugin Author [Robin W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robin-w/)
 * (@robin-w)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-breaks-page/#post-9879443)
 * ps if you don’t know, you can use this plugin to find out
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-php-version/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-php-version/)
 * it then shows in the dashboard ‘at a glance’ section
 *  Thread Starter [teebark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teebark/)
 * (@teebark)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-breaks-page/#post-9882736)
 * 5.4.45
 *  Plugin Author [Robin W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robin-w/)
 * (@robin-w)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-breaks-page/#post-9882760)
 * you need to upgrade – 5.4 was end of life in 2015.
 * from php
 * > If you are using these releases, you are strongly urged to upgrade to a current
   > version, as using older versions may expose you to security vulnerabilities
   > and bugs that have been fixed in more recent versions of PHP.
 * > Prior to PHP 5.5, empty() only supports variables; anything else will result
   > in a parse error.
 *  which is the issue you are having.
 * current supported versions are 5.6 for security releases and 7.x for full support.
 *  Thread Starter [teebark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teebark/)
 * (@teebark)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-breaks-page/#post-9883000)
 * That did it–thanks.
 *  Plugin Author [Robin W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robin-w/)
 * (@robin-w)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-breaks-page/#post-9883127)
 * great – glad you are fixed

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-breaks-page/#post-9883127)
 * Status: resolved