Title: Error message
Last modified: May 10, 2018

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# Error message

 *  Resolved [markstep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markstep/)
 * (@markstep)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-689/)
 * I just started to get this error message. I can not access the site or the Word
   Press dashboard. Thanks if you can help.
 * Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in /home4/mstepneski/
   public_html/wp-content/themes/period/functions.php on line 687

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 *  Theme Author [Ben Sibley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bensibley/)
 * (@bensibley)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-689/#post-10268180)
 * Thank you for bringing this error to our attention. I’ve just submitted an update
   with a fix.
 * If you can’t access your dashboard to update, please [click here](http://pics.competethemes.com/rUMl/download/functions.php)
   to download the new functions.php file. You can upload this file to the following
   location on your server via FTP:
 * wordpress/wp-content/themes/period/
 * Once uploaded, the site will come back online without errors.
 *  Thread Starter [markstep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markstep/)
 * (@markstep)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-689/#post-10268324)
 * That seems to have done the trick. Thank you for the quick response.
 *  Theme Author [Ben Sibley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bensibley/)
 * (@bensibley)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-689/#post-10270573)
 * You’re welcome! Thanks for your patience with this issue.

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 * Last reply from: [Ben Sibley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bensibley/)
 * Last activity: [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-689/#post-10270573)
 * Status: resolved