Title: Fatal Error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Fatal Error

 *  Resolved [steveraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveraven/)
 * (@steveraven)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1218/)
 * Hi,
 * Up until a week or so ago, this plugin worked fine. Then following an update,
   my site crashed and I had to uninstall the plugin via my host.
 * Just tried to upload it again to see if it had been fixed, and it’s installing
   but will not activate, as there is a fatal error.
 * Any chance of a fix, so I can ween people off IE?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-browser-check/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-browser-check/)

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 *  Thread Starter [steveraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveraven/)
 * (@steveraven)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1218/#post-4973749)
 * Hang on – just found that my GoDaddy account is running php 5.2 – now upgrading
   to 5.3.
 * I’ll let you know in an hour.
 *  Thread Starter [steveraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveraven/)
 * (@steveraven)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1218/#post-4973755)
 * No, it’s not having it.
 * The activation is being allowed now, but the website crashes to a white screen
   of death with the message:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING
   or ‘(‘ in /home/content/03/7008403/html/mysiteaddress/wp-content/plugins/advanced-
   browser-check/abc-core.php on line 5
 * And on one occasion when I did get a different response, the screen faded to 
   black with the following message:
 * Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate
   361 bytes) in /home/content/03/7008403/html/mysiteaddress/wp-content/plugins/
   advanced-browser-check/browscap/browscap.php on line 712
 * ..after which, the white screen came back on a refresh.
 * A fix would be nice!
 *  Plugin Author [Mattias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkwhispering/)
 * (@darkwhispering)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1218/#post-4973817)
 * Hi [@steveraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveraven/)
 * Sorry to hear you have problems.
 * However, please take a look in the [FAQ](http://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-browser-check/faq/)
   for your latest issue. A solution is listed there and there is also other support
   threads about this as well. [Here is one](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-not-working-7?replies=4)
   specific for GoDaddy
 *  Thread Starter [steveraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveraven/)
 * (@steveraven)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1218/#post-4973823)
 * Sorry no, it’s not really an acceptable solution to have to go into your hosting
   panel and increase settings that aren’t supposed to be increased, just to get
   one plugin to work.
 * I’ll look elsewhere until you decide to make it work as before.
 * Thanks anyway!
 *  [Marco Córdoba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcordoba/)
 * (@mcordoba)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1218/#post-4973870)
 * Hi [@steveraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveraven/)!
 * I had the same issue days some days ago in one of my webs hosted in goDaddy, 
   so I went to cPanel and selected PHP version, changed memory_limit to 256M and
   voila, everything worked fine!
 * I believe every plugin has its requirements, you won’t be running Windows 8 in
   a 486 PC.
 * You have the solution, It should be marked as [resolved].
 * Good job Mattias!
 *  Plugin Author [Mattias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkwhispering/)
 * (@darkwhispering)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1218/#post-4973872)
 * [@steveraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveraven/) I’m sorry, but
   there will not be a change to the plugin.
 * Like stated in the FAQ section, the first time the plugin runs it need to create
   the browscap.ini and the cache.php files and this is a heavy task.
 * Saying that changing the memory limit is something your not supposed to do is
   like, imo, saying you should not upgrade your RAM memory in your computer when
   needed.
 *  Thread Starter [steveraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveraven/)
 * (@steveraven)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1218/#post-4973881)
 * Changing the memory limit is fine, but exceeding the memory limit (64MB on GoDaddy)
   is potentially suicide if they catch on, and I will not risk it.
 * I’m now using [Browser Rejector](http://wordpress.org/plugins/browser-rejector/)
   which does exactly the same thing, without having to fart about, so marked as
   resolved, but certainly not by way of the Advanced Browser Check connections!
 *  [maziarom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maziarom/)
 * (@maziarom)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1218/#post-4973893)
 * Hi Mattias,
 * I really like your plugin and have been using it for a year now on a client’s
   site, but they use Siteground shared hosting, and they don’t allow changing the
   memory limit to higher than 128M. Do you have any ideas for me?
 * Thanks,
    Maz

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