Title: PHP errors when adding new sites
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# PHP errors when adding new sites

 *  Resolved [tomk-m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomk-m/)
 * (@tomk-m)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-errors-when-adding-new-sites-1/)
 * I’m experiencing the same issue as explained here when creating new sites:
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-errors-when-adding-new-sites?replies=6](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-errors-when-adding-new-sites?replies=6)
 * But that topic is closed to replies so I’m creating a new one.
 * The issue occurs when you have no plugins set to auto-activate.
 * This can be fixed with the following patch:
 *     ```
       Index: wp-content/plugins/multisite-plugin-manager/plugin-manager.php
       ===================================================================
       --- wp-content/plugins/multisite-plugin-manager/plugin-manager.php      (revision 4036)
       +++ wp-content/plugins/multisite-plugin-manager/plugin-manager.php      (working copy)
       @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
                 require_once( ABSPATH.'wp-admin/includes/plugin.php' );
   
                       $auto_activate = (array)get_site_option('pm_auto_activate_list');
       -               if (count($auto_activate)) {
       +               if (count($auto_activate) && $auto_activate[0] != 'EMPTY') {
                       switch_to_blog($blog_id);
                   activate_plugins($auto_activate, '', false); //silently activate any plugins
                   restore_current_blog();
       ```
   
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-plugin-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-plugin-manager/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Aaron Edwards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uglyrobot/)
 * (@uglyrobot)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-errors-when-adding-new-sites-1/#post-7253438)
 * Thanks for sharing, i’ve added in 3.1.5.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-errors-when-adding-new-sites-1/#post-7253438)
 * Status: resolved