Title: PHP Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context
Last modified: June 29, 2017

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

 *  Resolved [cookerseb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cookerseb/)
 * (@cookerseb)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-cant-use-function-return-value-in-write-context/)
 * Hi,
    After update plugin I have error 500 and this Fatal PHP error :
 * PHP Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in /home/xxx/
   public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-geonames/wp-geonames.php on line 713
 * Thanks to resolve ASAP the problem 😉
 * Sebastien

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 *  Plugin Author [Jacques Malgrange](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sojahu/)
 * (@sojahu)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-cant-use-function-return-value-in-write-context/#post-9277998)
 * Hi,
 * This error occurs with php < 5.5.
 * This is fixed. Remove the plugin and download it again.
 * Regards

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-cant-use-function-return-value-in-write-context/#post-9277998)
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