Title: [Plugin: Background Manager] PHP 5.3?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Background Manager] PHP 5.3?

 *  Resolved [dbraphael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbraphael/)
 * (@dbraphael)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-background-manager-php-53/)
 * Hi there.
 * I was wondering if PHP 5.3 is absolutely necessary to the plugin. On two separate
   occasions I have had trouble with not having a high enough version and I was 
   wondering if there is a work around?
 * Thanks.
 * Doug
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/background-manager/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/background-manager/)

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 *  Anonymous User 4048828
 * (@anonymized-4048828)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-background-manager-php-53/#post-2804174)
 * Hi,
 * Unfortunately there is no work around for this, no. It is tightly integrated 
   with the features introduced in PHP 5.3, that it would be close to a complete
   rewrite trying to make it work with older versions.
 * I understand that this does bring some limitations to the plugin, on the other
   hand, upgrading to PHP 5.3 would bring improvements in memory handling and security(
   PHP 5.2 is no longer supported by the developers).
 * Didn’t the host(s) provide 5.3 by adding a line to the `.htaccess` file? This
   seems common now.
 *  Thread Starter [dbraphael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbraphael/)
 * (@dbraphael)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-background-manager-php-53/#post-2804239)
 * Thanks for the note. It appears that the two hosts in question haven’t updated
   these particular servers to PHP 5.3. I will figure something out.

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 * Last reply from: [dbraphael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbraphael/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-background-manager-php-53/#post-2804239)
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