Title: What PHP version?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# What PHP version?

 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-php-version/)
 * I got my store loaded on my local test server, but when I set it all up on the
   actual server, I get parse errors in TheCartPress plugins.
    The real server is
   running older versions of MySQL and PHP. I couldn’t find anywhere on your plugin
   page or your plugin site what version of PHP you require. You just mention the
   WordPress version.
 * Can you put the version requirements in the readme file?

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 *  [Andy Christian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stdestiny/)
 * (@stdestiny)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-php-version/#post-2079166)
 * Generally, unless a plugin author specifies differently, a plugin will work with
   whatever version of PHP/mySQL that WordPress supports.
 *  Thread Starter [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-php-version/#post-2079372)
 * That’s why I wondered what version this plugin requires because WordPress has
   a much lower requirement. I had it working on my test site, but it does not work
   on my real site.
 *  Plugin Author [Inigo Gonzalez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inigoini/)
 * (@inigoini)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-php-version/#post-2079395)
 * Hi Joy,
 * Could you send me the troubles you have in your site?
    I think, that TheCartPress
   uses the same PHP version that WordPress uses.
 * Best regards
 *  Thread Starter [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-php-version/#post-2079396)
 * Sensei,
    I would paste the parse error here except that I had my host move the
   account to a newer server, and it works now.
 * The old server had PHP 4.3.11. The new one has PHP 5.2.6.
    I really don’t know
   that it was the PHP version (it seems like it since it was getting a parse error),
   but it was also very restrictive in the permissions and WordPress could not write
   to any directories. Once the site was moved, I still had both problems. Then 
   they changed how the web processes were handled and it fixed both problems.
 * The problem was definitely in the plugin because it would run WordPress just 
   fine, although restricted, but the plugin would not activate due to a parse error.
   So you can’t say you have the same requirement for PHP as WordPress.

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