Title: [Plugin: Plugins Garbage Collector] PHP Fatal error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Plugins Garbage Collector] PHP Fatal error

 *  [athalas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/athalas/)
 * (@athalas)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-plugins-garbage-collector-php-fatal-error/)
 * Hi,
 * Unable to load plugin.
 * PHP Fatal error: Call-time pass-by-reference has been removed in ../wp-content/
   plugins/plugins-garbage-collector/pgc-options.php on line 21
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/plugins-garbage-collector/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/plugins-garbage-collector/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * (@shinephp)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-plugins-garbage-collector-php-fatal-error/#post-2731380)
 * Hi,
 * Check PHP version. It should be PHP 5+.
 *  Thread Starter [athalas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/athalas/)
 * (@athalas)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-plugins-garbage-collector-php-fatal-error/#post-2731393)
 * Hi Vladimir,
 * Thanks for the reply, we are running php-5.4. Call-time pass-by-references has
   been removed in php-5.4. Please review [http://php.net/manual/en/migration54.incompatible.php](http://php.net/manual/en/migration54.incompatible.php)
 *  Plugin Author [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * (@shinephp)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-plugins-garbage-collector-php-fatal-error/#post-2731405)
 * Hi,
 * It seems I have a bug additionally at this file, exact at line 21. Thanks a lot
   for pointing me that. I will re-check, make test and return with fix.

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 * Last reply from: [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-plugins-garbage-collector-php-fatal-error/#post-2731405)
 * Status: not resolved