Title: PHP 7 compatibility issues
Last modified: August 18, 2017

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# PHP 7 compatibility issues

 *  Resolved [scamartist26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scamartist26/)
 * (@scamartist26)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-compatibility-issues-5/)
 * This error popped up when checking for PHP 7 compatibility issues. Any chance
   this can be fixed soon?
 * FILE: /app/public/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-importer/wordpress-importer.php
   —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
   FOUND 1 ERROR AFFECTING 1 LINE —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
   884 | ERROR | Indirect access to variables, properties and methods will be evaluated
   strictly in left-to-right order since PHP 7.0. Use curly braces to remove ambiguity.—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

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 *  [vincentatsc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincentatsc/)
 * (@vincentatsc)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-compatibility-issues-5/#post-9533533)
 * This is a legitimate php 7 issue.
    Line 884 is: `$$meta['key'] = $meta['value'];`
   and should be: `${$meta['key']} = $meta['value'];`
 * I have spent about 8 hours tracking down this issue and would appreciate seeing
   it fixed.
 *  Plugin Author [Dominik Schilling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ocean90/)
 * (@ocean90)
 * WordPress Core Developer
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-compatibility-issues-5/#post-10033405)
 * Today we released version 0.6.4 of the WordPress Importer which includes a fix
   for this issue.

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 * Last reply from: [Dominik Schilling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ocean90/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-compatibility-issues-5/#post-10033405)
 * Status: resolved