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

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# Fatal error when activating

 *  [Texadian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteselljim/)
 * (@whiteselljim)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-7/)
 * Would love to try this out, but get this when activating:
 * Fatal error: Cannot access self:: when no class scope is active in /home/digitals/
   public_html/xxxxxxxxxxx.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-photos-contest/simple-photos-
   contest.php on line 34
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-photos-contest/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-photos-contest/)

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 *  [striff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/striff/)
 * (@striff)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-7/#post-4145303)
 * Same here
 *  Plugin Author [CG41](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cg41/)
 * (@cg41)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-7/#post-4145332)
 * Hello,
 * This is a coding problem, but the fact is when you read the lines, it means that
   you have a PHP version < 5.3.3, so you need to update it.
 * Regards,
 * (Sorry for the delay…)

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 * 2 replies
 * 3 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-7/#post-4145332)
 * Status: not resolved