Title: Problem activating Lifter
Last modified: February 26, 2017

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# Problem activating Lifter

 *  Resolved [paxmx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paxmx/)
 * (@paxmx)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-activating-lifter/)
 * Hello, while trying to activate lifter I get:
 * Fatal error: Can’t use method return value in write context in path/plugins/lifterlms/
   includes/models/model.llms.course.php on line 424
 * How can I fix this?

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 *  Plugin Author [chrisbadgett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisbadgett/)
 * (@chrisbadgett)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-activating-lifter/#post-8853784)
 * Sorry to hear you’re having issues. Please check and make sure you have the minimum
   system requirements for LifterLMS: [https://lifterlms.com/docs/minimum-system-requirements-lifterlms/](https://lifterlms.com/docs/minimum-system-requirements-lifterlms/)
 *  [TonyPearl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonypearl/)
 * (@tonypearl)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-activating-lifter/#post-8855564)
 * I had the exact same problem, and updating my sites to PHP 5.6 fixed it all for
   me.
    After trying to install this plugin on several of my sites & having the 
   same result, I figured that this was the issue.
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [paxmx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paxmx/)
 * (@paxmx)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-activating-lifter/#post-8856588)
 * Thank you, php was it. Activated 7.0.16 (system stated default was 5.6.30) and
   was able to activate. Regards.

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 * Last reply from: [paxmx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paxmx/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-activating-lifter/#post-8856588)
 * Status: resolved