Title: error when activating
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# error when activating

 *  [Mindshare Labs, Inc.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mindshare/)
 * (@mindshare)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating/)
 * When I activate the plugin I get the following error:
    “Plugin could not be activated
   because it triggered a fatal error.”
 * any known issues that might cause this? I’m running PHP 4 if that is the problem.
 * Thanks!

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 *  [Adam Brown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamrbrown/)
 * (@adamrbrown)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating/#post-646050)
 * I would suggest contacting the author using the link he provides in the FAQ.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mwdmeyer/)
 * (@mwdmeyer)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating/#post-646339)
 * Hi mindshare. I’m the author of Bluetrait Event Viewer.
 * I’ve just done a quick test with PHP 5.2/MySQL 5.0/Apache 2.2 and WordPress 2.3.1/
   Windows Vista and it worked fine. I’m about to try it on PHP 4 with a *nix system.
 * What version of WordPress, PHP, MySQL, Apache and Operating System are you running?
 * Thanks for trying BTEV, hopefully we can fix the problem.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mwdmeyer/)
 * (@mwdmeyer)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating/#post-646340)
 * I just tested it on PHP 4.4.7/MySQL 5.0/Apache 1.3/WordPress 2.3.1/Mac OS 10.4.10
   and it also worked fine.
 * Anyway i’ll have more of a look when I can get some more info off you.
 *  Thread Starter [Mindshare Labs, Inc.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mindshare/)
 * (@mindshare)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating/#post-646363)
 * mwdmeyer: I sent you a link via your contact form with info on my server. Any
   help is greatly appreciated!
 * Cool plugin BTW
 *  [Russel Fones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hyp0r/)
 * (@hyp0r)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating/#post-646404)
 * I received the same error, I’m using:
    Wordpress 2.3.1 PHP Version 4.4.7 Apache/
   1.3.37 (Unix) mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/
   5.0.2.2635.SR1.2 mod_ssl/2.8.28 OpenSSL/0.9.7a PHP-CGI/0.1b MySQL 4.1.22
 * Was there a solution to this problem?
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mwdmeyer/)
 * (@mwdmeyer)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating/#post-646405)
 * mindshare didn’t get back to me with anymore info.
 * Have you tried activating the plugin for a second time?
 * Are you able to get any apache logs that include the error?
 * I’ll have a bit more of a play.
 * Please make sure you’re running the latest version 1.5.
 * Thanks,
    Michael.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mwdmeyer/)
 * (@mwdmeyer)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating/#post-646406)
 * hyp0r I just tried BTEV on another server:
    PHP 5.2.3 (CGI/FastCGI)/MySQL 5.1.20/
   Apache 2.2.4/WordPress 2.3.1/FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE
 * Again it seemed to work without any problems.
 * I don’t currently have access to any servers with MySQL 4.
 * Another option would be to let me login to your server and have a look, obviously
   only if that is okay with you.
 * Thanks again,
    Michael.
 *  [Russel Fones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hyp0r/)
 * (@hyp0r)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating/#post-646407)
 * I’m not really comfortable with that, this plugin isn’t that important to me,
   it just sounded cool. Thanks for the offer though. Do you know where that error
   may be logged? I know my host does not log php errors by default, but I thought
   maybe wordpress logs that someplace?
 *  [Russel Fones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hyp0r/)
 * (@hyp0r)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating/#post-646408)
 * I got it to work. I’m not sure which step fixed the problem but I removed the
   plugin directory from my server, I downloaded the plugin from the site again,
   and I uploaded a new copy and it activated just fine. Thanks!

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 * 9 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Russel Fones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hyp0r/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating/#post-646408)
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