Title: Error: Invalid value specified for positional arg.
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Error: Invalid value specified for positional arg.

 *  Resolved [Morgan Estes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morganestes/)
 * (@morganestes)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-value-specified-for-positional-arg/)
 * When I try to run `wp phpcompat 7.0` with wp-cli, it fails with `Error: Invalid
   value specified for positional arg.` I’ve also tried with quoted version number,
   major only (no .0 minor), 7.1, 5.6, with the `--scan` flag set and unset, and
   I still can’t get it to work.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Jason Stallings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/octalmage/)
 * (@octalmage)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-value-specified-for-positional-arg/#post-7546212)
 * Thanks Morgan, I’ve seen this too and I’m looking into it. Seems to happen with
   certain versions of WP-CLI. I’ll keep you updated!
 *  Thread Starter [Morgan Estes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morganestes/)
 * (@morganestes)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-value-specified-for-positional-arg/#post-7546218)
 * Cool beans. Here’s my environment info if it helps:
 *     ```
       $ wp cli info
       PHP binary:	/usr/local/php56/bin/php
       PHP version:	5.6.19
       php.ini used:	/etc/php56/php.ini
       WP-CLI root dir:	/usr/local/wp
       WP-CLI packages dir:	/home/<user>/.wp-cli/packages/
       WP-CLI global config:
       WP-CLI project config:	/home/<user>/wp-cli.yml
       WP-CLI version:	0.24.0-alpha
       ```
   
 *  Plugin Contributor [Jason Stallings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/octalmage/)
 * (@octalmage)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-value-specified-for-positional-arg/#post-7546452)
 * I’ve got a fix in for this, I’ll get a new version out soon!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Jason Stallings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/octalmage/)
 * (@octalmage)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-value-specified-for-positional-arg/#post-7546492)
 * Just released the fix for this in v1.0.3, please let me know if you need anything
   else!
 *  Thread Starter [Morgan Estes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morganestes/)
 * (@morganestes)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-value-specified-for-positional-arg/#post-7546536)
 * It’s working now. Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [Morgan Estes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morganestes/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-value-specified-for-positional-arg/#post-7546536)
 * Status: resolved