Title: Illegal String offset in PHP files Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Illegal String offset in PHP files * [spoonuniversity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spoonuniversity/) * (@spoonuniversity) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-in-php-files/) * Hi there, * When testing out the plugin, I get these errors. It’ll load once correctly then give errors. Any idea why? * Warning: Illegal string offset ‘hidden’ in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/ spoon-university/wp-content/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/gears/alpinebot- display.php on line 91 * Warning: Illegal string offset ‘hidden’ in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/ spoon-university/wp-content/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/gears/alpinebot- display.php on line 91 * Warning: Illegal string offset ‘photos’ in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/ spoon-university/wp-content/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/gears/alpinebot- primary.php on line 188 * Warning: Illegal string offset ‘success’ in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/ spoon-university/wp-content/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/gears/alpinebot- primary.php on line 188 * Warning: Illegal string offset ‘feed_found’ in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/ htdocs/spoon-university/wp-content/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/gears/ alpinebot-primary.php on line 188 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/) Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * [BertPC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bertpc/) * (@bertpc) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-in-php-files/#post-4965255) * I have the same problem. I’m guessing it’s related to caching, because this seems to happen each time I make a change to the page content. Doesn’t happen when updating CSS, only the content itself. * ``` Warning: Illegal string offset 'hidden' in /home/nhmadehq/public_html/wp-content/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/gears/alpinebot-display.php on line 91 Warning: Illegal string offset 'hidden' in /home/nhmadehq/public_html/wp-content/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/gears/alpinebot-display.php on line 91 Warning: Illegal string offset 'photos' in /home/nhmadehq/public_html/wp-content/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/gears/alpinebot-primary.php on line 188 Warning: Illegal string offset 'success' in /home/nhmadehq/public_html/wp-content/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/gears/alpinebot-primary.php on line 188 Warning: Illegal string offset 'feed_found' in /home/nhmadehq/public_html/wp-content/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/gears/alpinebot-primary.php on line 188 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/nhmadehq/public_html/wp-content/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/gears/alpinebot-display.php:91) in /home/nhmadehq/public_html/wp-admin/post.php on line 235 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/nhmadehq/public_html/wp-content/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/gears/alpinebot-display.php:91) in /home/nhmadehq/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 1121 ``` * [KarimOnTheGo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karimonthego/) * (@karimonthego) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-in-php-files/#post-4965256) * Stopped working today. Neither shortcode or widget. The widget does not load and there is this instead: 2 verical “a”s * a * a * [http://forguysmag.com/](http://forguysmag.com/) * Scroll to footer. * Author has quit. No support available. The demo does not work on his site either. * Thank you. * [BertPC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bertpc/) * (@bertpc) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-in-php-files/#post-4965257) * It’s weird, after some time the problem with the several “illegal string” messages just goes away. Maybe this is caused by Instagram and their API servers? There must be an error response coming back from Instagram that the Alpine PhotoTile code isn’t handling. * [KarimOnTheGo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karimonthego/) * (@karimonthego) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-in-php-files/#post-4965258) * Thanks for responding. What I had to do was click the option not to cache in the plugin settings and the problem went away. When I resume caching it comes back. So for now I will put up with the slightly slower load. * [KarimOnTheGo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karimonthego/) * (@karimonthego) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-in-php-files/#post-4965259) * (cont) it has also stopped sizing the images and refuses changes. * [Mike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iskon47/) * (@iskon47) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-in-php-files/#post-4965270) * Anyone know how to fix this without disabling caching? I would like the images to remain responsive and it appears that disabling the cache removes that feature. * I am using it on 2 different sites, it works perfectly on one and not the other. I can list 3 main differences below and maybe that can help identify the problem? * Site 1 (Works) Older WordPress No SSL or CDN * Site 2 (Does Not Work) Current WordPress Has SSL and CDN Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Illegal String offset in PHP files’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram_978a78. svg) * [Alpine Photo Tile for Instagram](https://wordpress.org/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/alpine-photo-tile-for-instagram/reviews/) * 6 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [Mike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iskon47/) * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/illegal-string-offset-in-php-files/#post-4965270) * Status: not resolved