Title: Plugin breaks with new version
Last modified: August 29, 2018

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# Plugin breaks with new version

 *  [Ika Balzam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codejitsu/)
 * (@codejitsu)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-with-new-version/)
 * Hi,
 * Kindly note that the plugin breaks with the new PHP version.
 * Fatal error: Uncaught Error: [] operator not supported for strings in /srv/bindings/
   a048d26ec2d145688574562622b484ed/code/wp-content/plugins/advanced-posts-widget/
   inc/class-advanced-posts-widget-utils.php:904
    Stack trace: #0 /srv/bindings/
   a048d26ec2d145688574562622b484ed/code/wp-content/plugins/advanced-posts-widget/
   inc/class-widget-apw-recent-posts.php(90): Advanced_Posts_Widget_Utils::get_apw_posts(
   Array, Object(Widget_APW_Recent_Posts)) #1 /srv/bindings/a048d26ec2d145688574562622b484ed/
   code/wp-includes/class-wp-widget.php(372): Widget_APW_Recent_Posts->widget(Array,
   Array) #2 /srv/bindings/a048d26ec2d145688574562622b484ed/code/wp-includes/widgets.
   php(743): WP_Widget->display_callback(Array, Array) #3 /srv/bindings/a048d26ec2d145688574562622b484ed/
   code/wp-content/themes/taboola/front-page.php(173): dynamic_sidebar(‘right-sidebar’)#
   4 /srv/bindings/a048d26ec2d145688574562622b484ed/code/wp-includes/template-loader.
   php(74): include(‘/srv/bindings/a…’) #5 /srv/bindings/a048d26ec2d145688574562622b484ed/
   code/wp-blog-header. in /srv/bindings/a048d26ec2d145688574562622b484ed/code/wp-
   content/plugins/advanced-posts-widget/inc/class-advanced-posts-widget-utils.php
   on line 904
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by [Ika Balzam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codejitsu/).

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 *  Thread Starter [Ika Balzam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codejitsu/)
 * (@codejitsu)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-with-new-version/#post-10637229)
 * I think I found the issue.
 * class-advanced-posts-widget-utils.php line 899
 * $_tax_query = ”; should be changed to $_tax_query = [];
 * Cheers

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