Title: Other bugs? Enabling PHP 5.3 & WordPress Multisite
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Other bugs? Enabling PHP 5.3 & WordPress Multisite

 *  Resolved [Army](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wavesinair/)
 * (@wavesinair)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/other-bugs-enabling-php-53-wordpress-multisite/)
 * A word of caution for Hostgator users when enabling PHP 5.3.
 * I inserted the following code into my htaccess file as per this support page:
   [https://support.hostgator.com/articles/hosting-guide/hardware-software/php-5-3](https://support.hostgator.com/articles/hosting-guide/hardware-software/php-5-3)
   ————-#
   Use PHP 5.3 AddType application/x-httpd-php53 .php ————- This allowed me to network
   activate the new version of Quick Cache.
 * However, I noticed two things occur.
 * 1) I was no longer able to modify navbar menus in wordpress. I imagine there 
   is other strangeness going on but I didn’t want to mess around anymore so as 
   soon as I removed the above code from the htaccess file, menu changes returned
   to normal.
 * 2) When I enabled Quick Cache, it did not show up at the bottom of the page source
   code on any of my sites. I am using a multi-site installation of wordpress and
   have been using the previous version of Quick Cache for over 2 years without 
   any issues.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/quick-cache/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/quick-cache/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Army](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wavesinair/)
 * (@wavesinair)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/other-bugs-enabling-php-53-wordpress-multisite/#post-4356715)
 * Just an update. I confirmed with Hostgator on how to activate PHP 5.3. I deactivated
   Quick Cache and enabled PHP 5.3 again. Unfortunately, I experienced the same 
   menu weirdness as before and had to revert to PHP 5.2. I don’t have clue why 
   this is happening but it could be my theme and/or the fact I’m using a multi-
   site installation. If anyone has any clue how to successfully upgrade to PHP 
   5.3 please post here. Until then, I’ll have to use the old version of Quick Cache.
 *  Thread Starter [Army](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wavesinair/)
 * (@wavesinair)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/other-bugs-enabling-php-53-wordpress-multisite/#post-4356758)
 * UPDATE: After researching menu items disappearing in wordpress when activating
   PHP 5.3 I discovered the problem. As the article below explains, there is a new
   variable added to this version of PHP which limits the number of menu items you
   can add to wordpress. I wasn’t sure if it had anything to do with Quick Cache
   but it turns out it doesn’t. If you find that your unable to add menu items or
   some disappear you must have your host increase the item limit. As I said, it’s
   all explained in this article: [http://sevenspark.com/wordpress/menu-item-limit](http://sevenspark.com/wordpress/menu-item-limit)
 * The new Quick Cache is now working normally on my WordPress Multi-site installation
   without any apparent problems. Phew!
 *  Plugin Author [Raam Dev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raamdev/)
 * (@raamdev)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/other-bugs-enabling-php-53-wordpress-multisite/#post-4356792)
 * Thanks for the updates, Army! I’m glad you figured this out.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/other-bugs-enabling-php-53-wordpress-multisite/#post-4356792)
 * Status: resolved