Title: Correct required PHP version check
Last modified: January 16, 2019

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# Correct required PHP version check

 *  [jarosz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarosz/)
 * (@jarosz)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-required-php-version-check/)
 * Hi.
 * I like your plugin and wanted to use it on my page. I’m using required PHP version(
   5.4.9), but version_compare returns 0, because the function considers these versions“
   equal”. I’ve submitted a patch.
 *     ```
       ---
        wp-content/plugins/commonwp/commonwp.php | 2 +-
        1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
   
       diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/commonwp/commonwp.php b/wp-content/plugins/commonwp/commonwp.php
       index 3299a36..fb57e5a 100644
       --- a/wp-content/plugins/commonwp/commonwp.php
       +++ b/wp-content/plugins/commonwp/commonwp.php
       @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         */
   
        // Check minimum required PHP version.
       -if ( version_compare( phpversion(), '5.4.0', '<' ) ) {
       +if ( version_compare( phpversion(), '5.4.0', '<=' ) ) {
        	return;
        }
   
       -- 
       ```
   

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 *  Thread Starter [jarosz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarosz/)
 * (@jarosz)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-required-php-version-check/#post-11097561)
 * Hi.
 * Please delete this topic. I’ve made a premature patch. Plugin is working fine
   without it, and I believe some bad testing led me to break the code.
 * Best regards
    Jacek Roszkowski

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-required-php-version-check/#post-11097561)
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