Title: [Plugin: WP-Beautifier] Dependancy issue.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP-Beautifier] Dependancy issue.

 *  Resolved [Sterling Hamilton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterlo/)
 * (@sterlo)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-beautifier-dependancy-issue/)
 * Howdy!
 * I tried to install the plugin and go the following error:
 *     ```
       Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
   
       Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '&', expecting T_VARIABLE or '$' in /html/wp-content/plugins/wp-beautifier/beautifier.php on line 389
       ```
   
 * I looked at the line and basically what it’s doing is appending to an array.
 * See: [http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php](http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php)
 * > As of PHP 5, you can easily modify array’s elements by preceding $value with&.
   > This will assign reference instead of copying the value.
 * So the plugin is PHP5 dependant.
 *     ```
       $ php -v
       PHP 4.4.8
       ```
   
 * My server doesn’t have it so I cannot use the plugin.
 * Just a heads up!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-beautifier/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-beautifier/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Till Krüss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tillkruess/)
 * (@tillkruess)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-beautifier-dependancy-issue/#post-1699877)
 * Thanks for the report, I will make the plugin PHP4 compatible in the next days!
 *  Plugin Author [Till Krüss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tillkruess/)
 * (@tillkruess)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-beautifier-dependancy-issue/#post-1699893)
 * Just released 1.3.1, please try to install that version.
 *  Thread Starter [Sterling Hamilton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterlo/)
 * (@sterlo)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-beautifier-dependancy-issue/#post-1699894)
 * > Downloading install package from [http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-beautifier.1.3.1.zip…](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-beautifier.1.3.1.zip…)
   > Unpacking the package…
   > Installing the plugin…
   > Successfully installed the plugin WP-Beautifier 1.3.1.
 * Thanks! ^_^

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 * Last reply from: [Sterling Hamilton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterlo/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-beautifier-dependancy-issue/#post-1699894)
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