Title: PHP 7.4 doesn’t work
Last modified: November 20, 2023

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# PHP 7.4 doesn’t work

 *  Resolved [luketapis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luketapis/)
 * (@luketapis)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-4-doesnt-work/)
 * Strange things are happening to my website. After installing the latest WP (6.3),
   I upgraded PHP to 8.1 (from 7.4) but this made my website not load, so I went
   back to PHP 7.4, but after changing PHP to 7.4, the website also stopped loading,
   so I downgraded PHP to 7.3 and now the website works. The problem is that many
   plugins do not work with php 7.3. I disabled all plugins and thems and updated
   php again to 7.4. Unfortunately, the page stopped loading again. I contacted 
   the server provider and I was told: “it seems like the databases are not set 
   up correctly”.
 * This sounds a bit strange since the database works when the website runs on PHP
   7.3
 * Have any of you ever had a similar problem?

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 *  [umarzaki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/umarzaki/)
 * (@umarzaki)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-4-doesnt-work/#post-17216091)
 * Some of your site plugins are not updated to work with PHP 8.1 so thats why these
   are making conflict.
   First Try to update plugins manually if still issue then
   hire developer who will update conflicting code.
 *  Thread Starter [luketapis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luketapis/)
 * (@luketapis)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-4-doesnt-work/#post-17216442)
 * Thank you for your answer but as I wrote there are NO (ZERO) active plugins on
   my website so it is not due plugins
 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-4-doesnt-work/#post-17216808)
 * If a page does not load, there is a server-side error. A look at the error log
   should reveal the cause, I think. Alternatively, you can also activate the debug
   mode in WordPress as described here: [https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/debugging-in-wordpress/](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/debugging-in-wordpress/)
 * Incidentally, the theme may also be to blame for the problem.
 * And: the latest WordPress version is 6.4.1, not 6.3.
 *  Thread Starter [luketapis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luketapis/)
 * (@luketapis)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-4-doesnt-work/#post-17219817)
 * Thank you for your help.
 * I found a WebDeveloper on [https://www.upwork.com/](https://www.upwork.com/) 
   which made it work for me.

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 * Last reply from: [luketapis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luketapis/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-4-doesnt-work/#post-17219817)
 * Status: resolved

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