Title: [Plugin: JW Player Plugin for WordPress] Install doesn't recognize PHP version
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: JW Player Plugin for WordPress] Install doesn't recognize PHP version

 *  [steveboyett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveboyett/)
 * (@steveboyett)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress-install-doesnt-recognize-php-version/)
 * JW Player won’t complete install, instead placing a banner across myadmin panel
   that reads “Sorry, the JWPlayer Plugin for WordPress only works with PHP Version
   5 or higher.”
 * My sitehost is using PHP 5.2.16. Any help is appreciated!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [JW Player](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longtail-video/)
 * (@longtail-video)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress-install-doesnt-recognize-php-version/#post-1984454)
 * [@steveboyett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveboyett/),
 * It’s unusual that the version would be reported incorrectly. The plugin uses 
   PHP’s built in version_compare function to check that the version is higher than
   5.0.
 * Where are you getting the PHP version number from? Have you tried running phpinfo()
   on the server where your WordPress site is running?
 * Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [steveboyett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveboyett/)
 * (@steveboyett)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress-install-doesnt-recognize-php-version/#post-1984460)
 * Thanks for your reply! Phpinfo reports v5.2.16 ([http://www.steveboy.com/blog/phpinfo.php](http://www.steveboy.com/blog/phpinfo.php)).
   Still a mystery to me. 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [JW Player](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longtail-video/)
 * (@longtail-video)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress-install-doesnt-recognize-php-version/#post-1984497)
 * Could you also try checking the output of phpversion() as well? That’s the exact
   function the WordPress plugin uses.
 * Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [steveboyett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveboyett/)
 * (@steveboyett)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress-install-doesnt-recognize-php-version/#post-1984499)
 * I’m sorry, but I don’t know how to do that. I’m not an IT person, and a Google
   search revealed a ton of different code that doesn’t mean anything to me.
 *  Thread Starter [steveboyett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveboyett/)
 * (@steveboyett)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress-install-doesnt-recognize-php-version/#post-1984504)
 * Solved! There was an .htaccess file on my blog directory that had your WP admin
   page set to use PHP4 instead of PHP5. Thank you again for your help. Looking 
   forward to installing JW Player now!
 *  Plugin Author [JW Player](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longtail-video/)
 * (@longtail-video)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress-install-doesnt-recognize-php-version/#post-1984512)
 * [@steveboyett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveboyett/),
 * Glad to hear you got it figured out.
 * Enjoy the plugin!

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 * Last reply from: [JW Player](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longtail-video/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress-install-doesnt-recognize-php-version/#post-1984512)
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