Title: PHP Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in
Last modified: February 1, 2017

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# PHP Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in

 *  [VasudevaServerRus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vasudevaserverrus/)
 * (@vasudevaserverrus)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-cant-use-function-return-value-in-write-context-in/)
 * PHP Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in …/wp-content/
   themes/customizr/inc/czr-init.php on line 441
    if ( ! function_exists( ‘czr_fn_has_social_links’)){
   function czr_fn_has_social_links() { return !empty( czr_fn_get_opt(‘tc_social_links’));}}

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 *  Thread Starter [VasudevaServerRus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vasudevaserverrus/)
 * (@vasudevaserverrus)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-cant-use-function-return-value-in-write-context-in/#post-8724269)
 * “return false;” is work.
 *  [jeffqc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffqc/)
 * (@jeffqc)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-cant-use-function-return-value-in-write-context-in/#post-8724356)
 * Use FTP to get to your site’s files.
    Browse to /wp-content/themes/customizr/
   inc and locate the files czr-init.php Download and open the PHP file in a text
   editor (notepad) and find lines 439 through 443:
 * if ( ! function_exists( ‘czr_fn_has_social_links’ ) ) {
    function czr_fn_has_social_links(){
   return ! empty ( czr_fn_get_opt(‘tc_social_links’) ); } } Add /* before the if
   on line 439 and */ after the bracket on line 443. Save the file and upload it,
   overwriting the existing czr-init.php file.
 *  [Aidan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aidanashby/)
 * (@aidanashby)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-cant-use-function-return-value-in-write-context-in/#post-8724432)
 * Fixed, thanks.
 * For me this was on line 877 to 889 of that file, although the site error reported
   it as being line 441 as above.
 *  [Rocco Aliberti](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d4z_c0nf/)
 * (@d4z_c0nf)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-cant-use-function-return-value-in-write-context-in/#post-8725272)
 * Hi all,
    thanks for reporting the problem. This occured with server with a version
   of php < 5.5 Has been fixed in version 3.5.1.
 * Cheers
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by [Rocco Aliberti](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d4z_c0nf/).
 *  [StandardFireNY](https://wordpress.org/support/users/standardfireny/)
 * (@standardfireny)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-cant-use-function-return-value-in-write-context-in/#post-8732706)
 * Thank you!
 *  [Geespin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geespin/)
 * (@geespin)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-cant-use-function-return-value-in-write-context-in/#post-8959237)
 * Thanks for the info!
 *  [raymondusa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raymondusa/)
 * (@raymondusa)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-cant-use-function-return-value-in-write-context-in/#post-8979000)
 * Ditto for me. Your solution worked like a charm.

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