Title: PHP warning: Illegal string offset Last modified: August 16, 2018 --- # PHP warning: Illegal string offset * Resolved [shahn1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shahn1234/) * (@shahn1234) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-illegal-string-offset-9/) * Hi, * I’m getting the following PHP warning on the List Participants page in the admin section of your plugin: * ``` Warning: Illegal string offset 'Pending Opt-In' in /home/openairw/mindfulfamilies.net/wp-content/plugins/pdb-mailchimp-integration/pdbmailchimp/Plugin.php on line 272 ``` * I’m using both the latest version of WordPress and of your plugin. * Thanks, Suzanne * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fphp-warning-illegal-string-offset-9%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/) * (@xnau) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-illegal-string-offset-9/#post-10597351) * Are you using the latest version of the Participants Database Mailchimp Integration plugin? Should be 1.8.4 * Thread Starter [shahn1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shahn1234/) * (@shahn1234) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-illegal-string-offset-9/#post-10597501) * Ah, I see. I’m using version 1.8.2. * The Installed Plugins page doesn’t show that the Mailchimp Integration plugin needs an update. When I click “Check for updates” beneath the plugin, it just reloads the page with no changes. * I went to your website, but I don’t see a way to get the updated version of the plugin without paying for it all over again. * Thanks for your help. * Thread Starter [shahn1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shahn1234/) * (@shahn1234) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-illegal-string-offset-9/#post-10598048) * Also, I didn’t realize until my client told me, but the database entries are not displaying on the website–just blank tables. Hopefully that will be fixed once the plugin addon is updated. * Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/) * (@xnau) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-illegal-string-offset-9/#post-10598176) * email me at [support@xnau.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-illegal-string-offset-9/support@xnau.com?output_format=md) and I’ll set you up with the latest version. * I can’t comment on your other problem, I guess make sure the display is properly configured. If you need more help, I’ll need some more detail on where this is happening and exactly what you do see. * Thread Starter [shahn1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shahn1234/) * (@shahn1234) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-illegal-string-offset-9/#post-10599138) * Hi, thanks for the updated plugin! Unfortunately, we’re still getting the same error, except that it’s on a different line of the code now: * `Warning: Illegal string offset 'Pending Opt-In' in /home/openairw/mindfulfamilies. net/wp-content/plugins/pdb-mailchimp-integration/pdbmailchimp/Plugin.php on line 281` * I’m hoping if the PHP issue with this plugin addon is cleared up, the display issue will clear up too. But I’m going to check with the client to see if she had updated the main PD plugin (or made any other changes) before the display issue commenced. * Thanks again. * Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/) * (@xnau) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-illegal-string-offset-9/#post-10600887) * OK, looks like I need to delve into this a bit deeper, thanks. * Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/) * (@xnau) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-illegal-string-offset-9/#post-10601092) * Can you tell me what is the configuration of the field you are using as your “ List Select Field”? * Thread Starter [shahn1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shahn1234/) * (@shahn1234) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-illegal-string-offset-9/#post-10601133) * It’s a checkbox. * Here’s the URL of the form: [https://mindfulfamilies.net/new-family-program/](https://mindfulfamilies.net/new-family-program/) * Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/) * (@xnau) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-illegal-string-offset-9/#post-10601652) * I just released an update to the MailChimp (1.8.5) add-on that addresses this problem. * Thread Starter [shahn1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shahn1234/) * (@shahn1234) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-illegal-string-offset-9/#post-10602550) * Excellent! I replaced 1.8.4 with 1.8.5, and now all is well. * Also, the display issue is now resolved! I’m not enough of a coder to know how the MailChimp addon could affect the live display of data, but I’m selfishly glad that I don’t have to investigate now what seemed like a separate issue. * Thanks so much for your work on this and your rapid support responses! * Suzanne * Thread Starter [shahn1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shahn1234/) * (@shahn1234) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-illegal-string-offset-9/#post-10602561) * Forgot to mark the issue as resolved. Doing so now. 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