Title: Fatal Error when activating
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Fatal Error when activating

 *  [katscrappiness](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katscrappiness/)
 * (@katscrappiness)
 * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-4/)
 * when I try to activate this plugin I get the following fatal error:
 * Fatal error: Cannot access self:: when no class scope is active in /home/content/
   91/7094991/html/blog/wp-content/plugins/simple-photos-contest/simple-photos-contest.
   php on line 34
 * I’m using the latest version available through the wordpress plugin site.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-photos-contest/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-photos-contest/)

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 *  [webcokz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webcokz/)
 * (@webcokz)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-4/#post-3834052)
 * the same
 * Fatal error: Cannot access self:: when no class scope is active in /home/cokz/
   public_html/wp-content/plugins/simple-photos-contest/simple-photos-contest.php
   on line 34
 *  [rgb_freak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgb_freak/)
 * (@rgb_freak)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-4/#post-3834100)
 * also the same problem
 *  Plugin Author [CG41](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cg41/)
 * (@cg41)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-4/#post-3834128)
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-7?replies=3](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-7?replies=3)

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/simple-photos-contest_887f7b.svg)
 * [Simple Photos Contest](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-photos-contest/)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-photos-contest/)
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 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-photos-contest/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-photos-contest/reviews/)

## Tags

 * [fatal error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fatal-error/)

 * 3 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [CG41](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cg41/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-4/#post-3834128)
 * Status: not resolved