Title: Fatal PHP Error – PicLens plugin
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Fatal PHP Error – PicLens plugin

 *  [crystak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crystak/)
 * (@crystak)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-php-error-piclens-plugin/)
 * So I tried to enable the PicLens WP plugin when the error:
 * “ERROR: WP Piclens REQUIRES PHP version 5.1 or greater, your WordPress Blog is
   using PHP 4.4.4.”
 * came up. My host has PHP 5 on their servers, infact PHP 5.2.3 and I don’t understand
   why I am having this problem.
 * Is this related to wordpress at all, or should I contact my host support, which
   is Hostgator by the way?

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 *  [thewritersmanifesto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thewritersmanifesto/)
 * (@thewritersmanifesto)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-php-error-piclens-plugin/#post-697681)
 * Did you install the plugin in the right directory? Sorry to ask but often we 
   tend to overlook these things?
 * Also, you want to make sure that it doesn’t sit in a double folder e.g.
    public_html/
   wp-content/plugins/pic_lens/pic_lens
 * It should only be the one folder of your Plugin. Also, some Plugins only need
   the actual .php file uploaded, not the folder especially if there is only a .
   php file within.
 * Just de-activate the Plugin and you should be fine. If it doesn’t work after 
   trying again it might not be compatible depending on the version of WP you are
   using/
 *  Thread Starter [crystak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crystak/)
 * (@crystak)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-php-error-piclens-plugin/#post-697683)
 * Yep, all is installed fine. I can see the plug in under the Plugins tab in wordpress
   and it’s installed correctly.
 * I’m running the latest version and I’m sure this pic_lens must be compatible 
   as it’s quite a well known plugin.
 * I’m really confused. I’ve contacted my host support to see what they think.
 *  [mukabr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mukabr/)
 * (@mukabr)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-php-error-piclens-plugin/#post-697947)
 * Same problem here…
 * “ERROR: WP Piclens REQUIRES PHP version 5.1 or greater, your WordPress Blog is
   using PHP 4.4.8.”
 * My host use: PHP version 5.2.5
 * PicLens needs: PHP5+ (with libXML support)
    Waiting answer from host about this
   libXML support…
 *  [mukabr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mukabr/)
 * (@mukabr)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-php-error-piclens-plugin/#post-697949)
 * Problem solved…
 * php 5 is not the default php version on some servers/hosts, so you need to enable
   php5 for your account by adding the following line to the .htaccess file
 * AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php .php4 .php5 .php3 .phtml

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [mukabr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mukabr/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-php-error-piclens-plugin/#post-697949)
 * Status: not resolved

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