Title: PHP version check upon activation
Last modified: June 6, 2018

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# PHP version check upon activation

 *  Resolved [wpbok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbok/)
 * (@wpbok)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-version-check-upon-activation/)
 * One of the sites I am administrating at work is hosted on a server with only 
   PHP 5.4.16. GDPR needs PHP 5.6 or the activation fails.
    The server’s PHP version
   will not be updated in the near future, so I was wondering what makes 5.6 necessary
   and what would happen if I deleted the PHP activation check from the plugin to
   run it nonetheless. We are currently using 2.0.9 and all seems well.

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 *  Plugin Author [Fernando Claussen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fclaussen/)
 * (@fclaussen)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-version-check-upon-activation/#post-10365932)
 * Hi [@wpbok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbok/)
 * There is a sanitization function on 5.5 that will prevent you from updating some
   settings (probably all checkboxes).
 * The plugin also makes use of array_filter with the flag parameter (introduced
   in 5.6)
 * Keep in mind that GDPR is also about securing user data, using an outdated version
   of PHP or WordPress creates security risks that go against GDPR.
 * My recommendation is to switch servers. Any server that is not updating their
   system doesn’t care about its customers. PHP is on 7.2 already. The speed improvements
   alone are enough reason to update.
 * I hope you can convince them to update or that you are able to switch servers.
 *  Thread Starter [wpbok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbok/)
 * (@wpbok)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-version-check-upon-activation/#post-10368257)
 * Hallo Fernando,
 * thank you for your quick response.
    Unfortunately, the server is beyond my control
   and I cannot switch to another. I will try to reason with IT but last time I 
   was informed that they could not upgrade the version due to other sites hosted
   on the same server.
 * Beyond myself as admin, there are no other users on the website just the public
   audience.

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 * Last reply from: [wpbok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbok/)
 * Last activity: [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-version-check-upon-activation/#post-10368257)
 * Status: resolved