Title: PHP fatal error on PHP 8
Last modified: February 29, 2024

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# PHP fatal error on PHP 8

 *  Resolved [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/)
 * (@sc0ttkclark)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-on-php-8/)
 * Error:
 *     ```
       Unparenthesized <code>a ? b : c ? d : e</code> is not supported. Use either <code>(a ? b : c) ? d : e</code> or <code>a ? b : (c ? d : e)</code>
       ```
   
 * File: `download-manager/widgets/class.Search.php:17`
 * Hope you can solve the PHP 8.x related issues.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Shafaet Alam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shafayat-alam/)
 * (@shafayat-alam)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-on-php-8/#post-17461800)
 * Hi,
   Please update your wpdm version, that will resolve the issue. Based on your
   file name, it looks like you are using a very old version.
 *  Thread Starter [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/)
 * (@sc0ttkclark)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-on-php-8/#post-17466154)
 * You are right. I didn’t realize it was outdated because this was a multisite 
   network and it showed no updates. The plugin is actually the Pro version but 
   the title/slug appeared as the free one. Because it wasn’t network activated 
   and only activated on a sub site, it didn’t show any updates at all.
 * I notified the client to update their license and will report back with any other
   PHP 8 things I find at that point.

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 * Last reply from: [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-on-php-8/#post-17466154)
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