Title: HTTP ERROR 500
Last modified: January 3, 2024

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# HTTP ERROR 500

 *  [jamievdpoel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamievdpoel/)
 * (@jamievdpoel)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-229/)
 * Hi there,
 * For some reason I’m now getting a 500 Internal Server error when I visit:
 * [http://www.mydomain.com/](http://www.mydomain.com/wp-admin)
 * [http://www.mydomain.com/wp-admin](http://www.mydomain.com/wp-admin)
 * or: [http://www.mydomain.com/wp-login ](http://www.mydomain.com/wp-login )
 * When I look at the server I get to see this error:
 * AH01215: PHP Fatal error: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces
   is no longer supported in /mnt/web202/a1/60/59739660/htdocs/WordPress_01/wp-includes/
   script-loader.php on line 706: /home/strato/http/premium/rid/96/60/59739660/htdocs/
   WordPress_01/index.php
 * I tried to chage the PHP to the next (the recommondated one) considering this
   one had an update. But it still isn’t working.
 * Can someone help me also seeing the error message what to do to get my site back
   online and for me to get back into the backend / content place of the website.
 * Kind regards,
 * Jamie
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhttp-error-500-229%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Kuldeep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soberbanda/)
 * (@soberbanda)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-229/#post-17315063)
 * Hey [@jamievdpoel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamievdpoel/)
   The array
   and string offset access syntax using curly braces `{}` is deprecated in PHP 
   7.4 and removed entirely in PHP 8.0.To fix this issue, you need to replace the
   curly braces `{}` with square brackets `[]` in the respective line of code.
 * > For example, if your code looks like this: `$array{0};`, you would change it
   > to: `$array[0];`
 *  Thread Starter [jamievdpoel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamievdpoel/)
 * (@jamievdpoel)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-229/#post-17315117)
 * Hi,
 * Thank you for your quick response. Where in which file should I change this?
 * What I did at the moment is that in the server it says setup-up PHP-version which
   I changed to the bulletpoint option 8.1 (recommended).
 * Do I need to change those [ ] also somewhere in a file in the webspace? After
   changed it to the 8.1 I still don’t see the site online.
 * Kind regards,
 * Jamie
 *  [Kuldeep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soberbanda/)
 * (@soberbanda)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-229/#post-17315172)
 * [@jamievdpoel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamievdpoel/) 
   Here: wp-includes/
   script-loader.php on line 706if that doesn’t work, here are some other ways: 
   [https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-the-internal-server-error-in-wordpress/](https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-the-internal-server-error-in-wordpress/)
 *  Thread Starter [jamievdpoel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamievdpoel/)
 * (@jamievdpoel)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-229/#post-17315286)
 * Hi,
 * Line 705: } elseif ( ! empty( $value ) && is_string( $value ) && (
   Line 706: (‘{‘
   == $value{0} && ‘}’ == $value{strlen( $value ) – 1} ) ||Line 707: ( ‘[‘ == $value{
   0} && ‘]’ == $value{strlen( $value ) – 1} ) ||
 * I tried to change the ( ‘{‘ == $value{0} && ‘}’ to ( ‘[‘ == $value{0} && ‘]’
 * And I also tried: ( ‘{‘ == $value[0] && ‘}’
 * Both don’t seem to do much.
 * As for the blog I indeed tried to rename the htaccess file and plugins already.
 * Should it been seen imidiatelly if the website works after one of these changes?
   Cause somehow after trying all this it unfortunatelly isn’t working yet but the
   hosting provider says it’s nothing at their site or they can do about.
 *  [Kuldeep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soberbanda/)
 * (@soberbanda)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-229/#post-17315441)
 * [@jamievdpoel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamievdpoel/)
   >>I tried to
   change the ( ‘{‘ == $value{0} && ‘}’ to ( ‘[‘ == $value{0} && ‘]’<<I suggested
   it based on the error you were getting. seems like that ain’t the issue here.
   >>As for the blog I indeed tried to rename the htaccess file and plugins already
   <<Go to your webhost panel and restart your web server. That does it for most
   cases. If not, rename plugins folder and see if you can get access to your website.
   If not check for URLs in wp-config.php file to make sure they are correct.

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 * Last reply from: [Kuldeep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soberbanda/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-229/#post-17315441)
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