Title: Error with PHP 8.4
Last modified: December 10, 2023

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# Error with PHP 8.4

 *  Resolved [h0stprocess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/h0stprocess/)
 * (@h0stprocess)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-php-8-4-2/)
 * Hello, the plugin is broken with PHP 8.4
 *  ‘PHP message: PHP Fatal error: Duplicate declaration of static variable $fields
   in /var/www/vhosts/XXXXXX/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/ninja-forms/includes/Admin/
   CPT/Submission.php on line 245’
 * I resolved it by moving the static variable to line 210.
 * Could you please solve it so with the next update it doesn’t get replaced?
 * Thanks in advance and thanks for your awesome plugin!

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 *  [Shaylee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shayleehansen30/)
 * (@shayleehansen30)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-php-8-4-2/#post-17269288)
 * Hello, 
   We have a pre-release available for this error. To get access, please
   contact our Customer Success team here [here](http://ninjaforms.com/contact).
 * Glad to hear you love the plugin 🙂
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by [Shaylee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shayleehansen30/).
 *  [jackhammer9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackhammer9/)
 * (@jackhammer9)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-php-8-4-2/#post-17327022)
 * [@shaylee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaylee/) could you advise when
   this is likely to be out of pre-release please? We have the same issue with 8.3
 *  [Vincenzo Stefanini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincenzost/)
 * (@vincenzost)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-php-8-4-2/#post-17339271)
 * I get the following error when activating Version 3.7.0 on **PHP 8.3**:
 * **Fatal error**: Duplicate declaration of static variable $fields in **…/wp-content/
   plugins/ninja-forms/includes/Admin/CPT/Submission.php** on line **245**
 * I downgraded to **PHP 8.2** and it works fine now.
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by [Vincenzo Stefanini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincenzost/).
 *  [croc920](https://wordpress.org/support/users/croc920/)
 * (@croc920)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-php-8-4-2/#post-17339334)
 * [@vincenzost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincenzost/) Just delete line
   245 in **…/wp-content/plugins/ninja-forms/includes/Admin/CPT/Submission.php**
   and it will work fine with PHP 8.3/8.3.1
 *  [Vincenzo Stefanini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincenzost/)
 * (@vincenzost)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-php-8-4-2/#post-17341856)
 * Thanks, but I will wait for the official fix to upgrade again to **PHP 8.3**
 *  [daymobrew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daymobrew/)
 * (@daymobrew)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-php-8-4-2/#post-17394167)
 * I have the same issue with PHP 8.3.2.
 *  [Jeff Sterup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foomagoo/)
 * (@foomagoo)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-php-8-4-2/#post-17399957)
 * Getting the same error when I try to upgrade my site to PHP 8.3.2. When is a 
   fix coming out?
 *  [martal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martal/)
 * (@martal)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-php-8-4-2/#post-17414240)
 * Likewise, on all my sites with PHP 8.3. This is preventing me from updating PHP.

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