Title: Compatibility with php 7
Last modified: March 20, 2017

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# Compatibility with php 7

 *  Resolved [michelgreenwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michelgreenwood/)
 * (@michelgreenwood)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatibility-with-php-7-17/)
 * Hello,
 * I know there is another thread for this. But, I was wondering if we can expect
   Master Slider to be php 7 compatible in an update or not. Just wanted to bump
   the topic.
 * Thank you.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [averta support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/averta_support/)
 * (@averta_support)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatibility-with-php-7-17/#post-8939471)
 * Hi Michel,
 * Thanks for using Master Slider.
 * Master Slider is now compatible with php 7 and you can use it without problem.
 * If you encounter any problem, please let us know.
 * Best,
    Averta
 *  Thread Starter [michelgreenwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michelgreenwood/)
 * (@michelgreenwood)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatibility-with-php-7-17/#post-8939656)
 * When I check for compatibility with php 7 I get this error…
 * In master-slider/includes/init/define.php
 * —————————————————————————————————————————————
    FOUND 2 ERRORS AFFECTING 1 LINE—————————————————————————————————————————————
   32 | ERROR | Function name, class name, namespace name or constant name can not
   be reserved keyword ‘__dir__’ (since PHP version 5.3) 32 | ERROR | Function name,
   class name, namespace name or constant name can not be reserved keyword ‘__dir__’(
   since PHP version 5.3) —————————————————————————————————————————————
 *  Plugin Contributor [averta support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/averta_support/)
 * (@averta_support)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatibility-with-php-7-17/#post-8947337)
 * Hi,
 * Thank you for letting us know.
 * It will be fixed in the upcoming update.
 * Best,
    Averta
 *  Thread Starter [michelgreenwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michelgreenwood/)
 * (@michelgreenwood)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatibility-with-php-7-17/#post-8950086)
 * Ok, thank you
 *  Plugin Author [averta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/averta/)
 * (@averta)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatibility-with-php-7-17/#post-8957246)
 * Dear friend,
 * We addressed this issue and included the fix in the new version of Master Slider(
   2.9.7). Please update to latest version.
 * Regards

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatibility-with-php-7-17/#post-8950086)
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