Title: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: Unknown format specifier “$”
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# PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: Unknown format specifier “$”

 *  [mitchellem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitchellem/)
 * (@mitchellem)
 * [1 year, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-uncaught-valueerror-unknown-format-specifier/)
 * Hello,
 * We have received an error on the docs archive page – /docs (single doc page works
   properly):
 * PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught ValueError: Unknown format specifier “$” in /wp-content/
   plugins/buddypress-docs/includes/templates/docs/docs-loop.php:192
 * The issue occurs when using PHP 8.2 version, it’s not present if you switch to
   the lower version 7.4. Could you please check this problem? Thank you

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 *  Plugin Author [Boone Gorges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boonebgorges/)
 * (@boonebgorges)
 * [1 year, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-uncaught-valueerror-unknown-format-specifier/#post-18287586)
 * Hello – Thanks for reporting this.
 * Are you currently using a language other than English? If so, what is it? It’s
   possible that there’s a typo in the .mo/.po file for your language.
 *  Thread Starter [mitchellem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitchellem/)
 * (@mitchellem)
 * [1 year, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-uncaught-valueerror-unknown-format-specifier/#post-18288764)
 * Hello,
 * No, it’s Romanian language.
 *  Plugin Author [Boone Gorges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boonebgorges/)
 * (@boonebgorges)
 * [1 year, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-uncaught-valueerror-unknown-format-specifier/#post-18300218)
 * Thanks for following up. I was able to confirm that there’s a syntax error in
   the ro_RO translation file. This is fixed in [https://github.com/boonebgorges/buddypress-docs/commit/588f9d64850885164f18a5da5d4200ab9ae59c2e](https://github.com/boonebgorges/buddypress-docs/commit/588f9d64850885164f18a5da5d4200ab9ae59c2e)
   and will be part of the next buddypress-docs release. If you’d like it fixed 
   in the meantime, you can download the .mo file and upload it to wp-content/plugins/
   buddypress-docs/languages/buddypress-docs-ro_RO.mo. Visit [https://github.com/boonebgorges/buddypress-docs/blob/2.2.x/languages/buddypress-docs-ro_RO.mo](https://github.com/boonebgorges/buddypress-docs/blob/2.2.x/languages/buddypress-docs-ro_RO.mo)
   and click the ‘Raw’ button near the upper-right.
 *  Thread Starter [mitchellem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitchellem/)
 * (@mitchellem)
 * [1 year, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-uncaught-valueerror-unknown-format-specifier/#post-18302362)
 * Thank you!

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