Title: PHP error message
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# PHP error message

 *  [pecktron2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pecktron2000/)
 * (@pecktron2000)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-message-26/)
 * I get the following message when I try to activate the plugin:
    This plugin requires
   WordPress 4.0 or greater, and PHP 5.4 or greater. You are currently running WordPress
   4.5.2 and PHP 5.2.17. Please contact your website host or server administrator
   for more information. The plugin has been deactivated.
 * I checked my version of php in cPanel and it is 5.4
 * Do you know what could be causing this? Thanks
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-from-server/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-from-server/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Dion Hulse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dd32/)
 * (@dd32)
 * Meta Developer
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-message-26/#post-7420292)
 * Despite your cPanel saying you’re running PHP 5.4, you’re running PHP 5.2.17,
   as reported by `phpversion()`.
 * It’s most likely being caused by a `.htaccess` override or something similar,
   you should probably check with your host and ask what’s going on..

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