Title: Illegal String Offset
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Illegal String Offset

 *  Resolved [bobkesh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobkesh/)
 * (@bobkesh)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-12/)
 * Hi,
 * This warning came up on the bottom of one of my pages. I’m a wpbeginner & not
   sure why it is illegal or how to fix it. I’ve made no changes to the image.php
   in my wordpress theme. Here is the warning:
 * Warning: Illegal string offset ‘width’ in /home/robaid/kerosenechronicle.com/
   wp-content/themes/nishita-wpcom/image.php on line 56
 * Warning: Illegal string offset ‘height’ in /home/robaid/kerosenechronicle.com/
   wp-content/themes/nishita-wpcom/image.php on line 57
 * Here is the code I in the image.php file that the illegal string refers to:
 * $metadata[‘width’],
    $metadata[‘height’],
 * Can someone please help?
 * The blog I need help with is [http://www.kerosenechronicle.com](http://www.kerosenechronicle.com).

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 *  [Bill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chubbycrow/)
 * (@chubbycrow)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-12/#post-6050710)
 * Looks like a problem with the theme. You should probably ask about this in the
   [theme’s forum](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/nishita). It looks like it
   hasn’t been updated for a long time though, so if you can’t get any help with
   it, maybe it’s time to browse for a new theme. Themes need to keep up with changes
   that come with WP updates and when they don’t, sometimes they break or become
   security risks.
 * One thing you could try is to disable your plugins to see if one of them is interfering
   with the theme.
 *  Thread Starter [bobkesh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobkesh/)
 * (@bobkesh)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-12/#post-6050804)
 * Thanks Bill. I’ll keep trying to edit it into use, but if I can’t I’ll browse
   for a better theme.
 * Incidentally, I did fix the problem. I moved to wordpress.org recently and all
   the posts have been republished with no time of publication. I republished the
   post that showed the error and it was corrected. This is most likely just a temporary
   fix, in the larger problem of a not updated theme.
 *  [Bill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chubbycrow/)
 * (@chubbycrow)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-12/#post-6050819)
 * That’s great. I’m glad you got it working again. Sometimes an older theme can
   keep chugging along fine for quite a while. Personally I don’t like leaving potential
   security holes open, but that doesn’t mean your theme has any such thing. It’s
   just something better dealt with sooner rather than when it’s too late.

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## Tags

 * [css](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/css/)
 * [height](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/height/)
 * [illegal string offset](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/illegal-string-offset/)
 * [image.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/image-php/)
 * [problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/problem/)
 * [width](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/width/)

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 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Bill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chubbycrow/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-12/#post-6050819)
 * Status: resolved

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