Title: New version crashed website
Last modified: September 21, 2016

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# New version crashed website

 *  Resolved [OpticianU](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whitebear99/)
 * (@whitebear99)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-version-crashed-website/)
 * Just updated to your most recent version and caused site to crash with the following
   whitescreen error
 * Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in /var/www/opticiantraining.
   com/wp-content/plugins/fast-velocity-minify/fvm.php on line 596

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 *  Thread Starter [OpticianU](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whitebear99/)
 * (@whitebear99)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-version-crashed-website/#post-8206464)
 * Update: My IT guy fixed the problem. here is what he said….
    “I fixed the error
   on your site. There is an error in the Velocity plugin. I commented out the following
   line and the site started working.
 * #if(empty(trim($wp_styles->registered[$handle]->src))) { continue; } # skip empty
   src”
 *  Thread Starter [OpticianU](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whitebear99/)
 * (@whitebear99)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-version-crashed-website/#post-8206496)
 * Update: Once I got back in to my wordpress dashboard I see that you now have 
   a newer (1.1.9) version that “fixed a fatal error on certain php configurations”
   That must have been the error I got with your 1.1.8 version.
 *  Plugin Author [Raul P.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alignak/)
 * (@alignak)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-version-crashed-website/#post-8206515)
 * Which php version are you using on your site?
 * Can you install this: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/version-info/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/version-info/)
   
   And then copy here the info on the footer? (And then you can remove the plugin)
 * —
 * This would happen on older than PHP 5.5 versions…
    Please tell your sysadmin 
   to upgrade PHP as for each version you upgrade, it becomes much faster.
 * I have improved compatibility with older versions and it fixes this error, but
   bare in mind that I only officially provide “support” to PHP 5.6+ and above (
   as stated on the readme file).

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 * Last reply from: [Raul P.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alignak/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-version-crashed-website/#post-8206515)
 * Status: resolved