Title: PHP Compatibility Issue
Last modified: September 5, 2017

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# PHP Compatibility Issue

 *  Resolved [newbii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/newbii/)
 * (@newbii)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-compatibility-issue-2/)
 * PHP compatibility check plugin reports 2 errors, could you guys fix it?
 * FILE: /home/demo/public_html/demo/wp-content/plugins/so-widgets-bundle/base/inc/
   lib/Less/Tree/Dimension.php
    —————————————————————————————————————— FOUND 2 ERRORS
   AFFECTING 1 LINE —————————————————————————————————————— 161 | ERROR | Short array
   syntax (open) is available since 5.4 161 | ERROR | Short array syntax (close)
   is available since 5.4 ——————————————————————————————————————

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 *  Plugin Contributor [alexgso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexgso/)
 * (@alexgso)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-compatibility-issue-2/#post-9469479)
 * Hi newbii,
 * This is a false positive. It’s 100% safe to ignore these warnings. I’m unsure
   why they’re being flagged as errors as they aren’t.
 * Our main test instances are using the latest version of PHP and the minimum version
   WordPress allows for. We actively develop with both in mind so you have nothing
   to worry about in terms of compatibility.
 *  Thread Starter [newbii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/newbii/)
 * (@newbii)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-compatibility-issue-2/#post-9472627)
 * It’s checking against PHP 5.3, it’d be great to support that version as well,
   some servers are still falling behind.
 * Is it possible to change the syntax for that one line?
 * Best regards
 *  Plugin Contributor [alexgso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexgso/)
 * (@alexgso)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-compatibility-issue-2/#post-9472937)
 * Hi Newbii,
 * Oh! Very sorry for the misunderstanding. [I’ve logged this issue on our GitHub](https://github.com/siteorigin/so-widgets-bundle/issues/551)
   and I’ve sent a message to Braam about it so it (hopefully) gets seen too soon.
 * Regardless, I would strongly recommend getting in contact with your hosting provider
   about upgrading PHP. I understand this is really out of your control so I’m not
   blaming you for using such an old version but if we don’t pressure hosts to keep
   things updated, they’ll sadly never update until things simply stop working. 
   🙁
 *  Thread Starter [newbii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/newbii/)
 * (@newbii)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-compatibility-issue-2/#post-9473071)
 * Hi Alex,
 * Thanks for the prompt response:) We’ll contact our host about this issue.
 * All the best for your awesome plugin!

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 * Last reply from: [newbii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/newbii/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-compatibility-issue-2/#post-9473071)
 * Status: resolved