Title: PHP 7.0 Compatibility Errors
Last modified: January 3, 2017

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# PHP 7.0 Compatibility Errors

 *  [fidgets2widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fidgets2widgets/)
 * (@fidgets2widgets)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-0-compatibility-errors/)
 * I’ve checked Edin’s compatibility with PHP 7.0 using the PHP Compatibility Plugin
   and I’ve gotten the below warning with regards to Edin. Can anyone tell me what
   it means and how to fix it?
 * Possibly not PHP 7.0 compatible.
    FILE: /home/pams4393/public_html/widgetwatch/
   wp-content/themes/edin/page-templates/front-page.php ———————————————————————————————————–
   FOUND 1 ERROR AFFECTING 1 LINE ———————————————————————————————————– 28 | ERROR
   | Using a call-time pass-by-reference is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and prohibited
   since PHP 5.4 ———————————————————————————————————–

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 *  [Chad Chadbourne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shireling/)
 * (@shireling)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-0-compatibility-errors/#post-8615130)
 * Hi [@fidgets2widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fidgets2widgets/)!
 * I just ran the same check and got the same error – I’ve submitted a ticket so
   this can be looked into. Thanks for letting us know! 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [fidgets2widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fidgets2widgets/)
 * (@fidgets2widgets)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-0-compatibility-errors/#post-9038523)
 * [@shireling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shireling/)
 * Any news on this front?
 *  [Chad Chadbourne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shireling/)
 * (@shireling)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-0-compatibility-errors/#post-9040369)
 * Hi [@fidgets2widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fidgets2widgets/)!
 * No new news as of yet, but I’m checking in again on it now 🙂
 *  Theme Author [Automattic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/automattic/)
 * (@automattic)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-0-compatibility-errors/#post-9451400)
 * Howdy! Thanks for bringing this to our attention! We have a fix ready for this
   and it will be released with the next version of Edin on WP.org.
 * Cheers!

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-0-compatibility-errors/#post-9451400)
 * Status: not resolved