Title: PHP Fatal Error Last modified: January 10, 2022 --- # PHP Fatal Error * Resolved [ashdowntech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashdowntech/) * (@ashdowntech) * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-286/) * Hello, * I am using the Lite calendar on a site for family that is private, so I cannot include the link. * I’m using a shortcode on a page to render a weekly view with a Start Date of the Current Week. The Next/Previous Buttons are enabled, the Single Event display method is Current Windows. The only activated filter option is to Include Expired Events. * We’re currently in January 2022 and that displays fine. I can then advance normally through Feb, Mar & Apr. I can also go backwards through event month in 2021. However, if I try to advance to May 2022, the loading circle in the display just spins forever. * Looking into the PHP error log of the server, I can see that the process trying to retrieve the data runs for the allotted PHP maximum of 120 seconds and then times out. In each case that it does this, the PHP fatal error returns in the while loop in /wp-content/plugins/modern-events-calendar-lite/app/libraries/render. php on line 1215. * Doing some research by placing error_log lines in the file inside the while loop, I can see that this is for events with a type of yearly, which this site has a number of because of in May because of birthday entries. If I output the result of `$found < $maximum` from the while statement, `$found` is always 0. * Looking deeper, I find that the `if(!in_array($month, $event_months))` on line 1224 gets taken every time meaning that there is never a match between the month( 05) and the content of the `$event_months` array. As a result, $i just increments ad infinitum and, the loop is continued and the while never breaks. * I’ve worked around this issue temporarily by placing a short-circuit in the while loop definition that checks if `$i` has exceeded 25. This does result in the display working. However, this is clearly not the answer, just a preventative step to stop lots of runaway processes. * I am running the latest plugin (6.2.5) on WordPress 5.8.3 on a server running PHP 7.4. Everything else in ME Calendar is working nicely and normally. * Any thoughts would be most appreciated. * Thank you! Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Plugin Contributor [webnus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webnus/) * (@webnus) * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-286/#post-15243778) * Hello [@ashdowntech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashdowntech/), * Sorry for the trouble. Would you please use the latest version of MEC (v6.2.6)? We’ve fixed some PHP warnings and notices for MEC performance. [https://wordpress.org/plugins/modern-events-calendar-lite/#developers](https://wordpress.org/plugins/modern-events-calendar-lite/#developers). * Please keep us posted. * Best Regards * Thread Starter [ashdowntech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashdowntech/) * (@ashdowntech) * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-286/#post-15329837) * Hello, * We just updated the very latest version 6.3.0 running under WP 5.9 and the problem still persists. An infinite loop in the yearly section of render.php that occurs when moving over to May 2022. * I’ve re-patched our render.php with the `$i < 25` work-around, but this is a temporary workaround for a rather nasty issue. * Thank you! * Thread Starter [ashdowntech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashdowntech/) * (@ashdowntech) * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-286/#post-15329847) * PS — Please note that this is not a PHP notice or warning but a loop that results in a PHP timeout and a fatal error. * Plugin Contributor [webnus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webnus/) * (@webnus) * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-286/#post-15331501) * Hello [@ashdowntech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashdowntech/), * If you have a yearly repeating event on your events, please delete it and recheck your issue. * In the following, please follow the steps explained in this article: [https://webnus.net/dox/modern-events-calendar/no-event-found-issue-in-modern-event-calendar/](https://webnus.net/dox/modern-events-calendar/no-event-found-issue-in-modern-event-calendar/) * Also, we need more info of your website and server. Please go to wp-dashboard > tools > site health and in the Info Tab click on “Copy site info to clipboard” to save all the required info to the clipboard: [https://i.postimg.cc/TPrGsHXY/image.png](https://i.postimg.cc/TPrGsHXY/image.png). You can send that information to our email: [support@webnus.net](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-286/support@webnus.net?output_format=md). * Best Regards * Thread Starter [ashdowntech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashdowntech/) * (@ashdowntech) * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-286/#post-15338259) * Document with tech information has been emailed to [support@webnus.net](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-286/support@webnus.net?output_format=md). Thank you! * Thread Starter [ashdowntech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashdowntech/) * (@ashdowntech) * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-286/#post-15346889) * I followed up by email and provided the information that was requested. The ticket# 45671 was open for a day and half and then was closed with no follow-up. Has the problem been found and resolved? * Thank you! * Plugin Contributor [webnus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webnus/) * (@webnus) * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-286/#post-15349439) * Hello [@ashdowntech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashdowntech/), * We are very sorry for the late replies. This is because of our support desk, and we apologize. * Regarding yearly events, please do this: Delete all events and publish them one by one (it is better to build them anew). We cannot replicate this issue, and no one else has reported it. * We guess that there are especial conditions in your website. Perhaps it is because of customization. Or maybe it’s some settings that we don’t know about. * If the above suggestion didn’t help, please try to replicate the issue on a fresh WordPress (Fresh-Installation) and share the steps to arrive at the problem. * Best Regards * Thread Starter [ashdowntech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashdowntech/) * (@ashdowntech) * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-286/#post-15351575) * To try and better understand this issue with no interference from anything else on my customer’s site, I’ve setup a development copy of WordPress. * – It has no plugins installed other than the ME Calendar. * – It uses the default TwentyTwentyTwo theme. All other themes were removed. * – It has just a single Weekly ME shortcode generated that is embedded on the sample page. * – It has just one, brand new event entry. The date of the event is June 1, 2021 and the repeat is yearly. Everything else in the events is default. * With this super minimal setup, the problem persists. As soon as you try to go to May 2022, the calendar goes into an infinite loop and the associated web server process goes to 100% CPU until it finally fatal errors when it reaches the PHP process time limit. * I’ve provided full admin access information on the support ticket (45671) on support.webnus.net. * Please see the initial post of this thread for some very specific data about the settings of the weekly shortcode as well as the area where the infinite loop occurs in the code. * Thank you! I appreciate the pursuit of this issue. - This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by [ashdowntech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashdowntech/). * Plugin Contributor [webnus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webnus/) * (@webnus) * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-286/#post-15357692) * Hello All, * Thank you very much for your reports, * We did see this happening on our end, so we’ll share this topic to the developer team, and it will be fixed for the next updates. Thank you very much for your reports. * We will let you know when this topic is resolved. * Best Regards * Plugin Contributor [webnus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webnus/) * (@webnus) * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-286/#post-15395302) * Hello All, * Thank you for waiting, Please use the latest version of MEC. We’ve fixed it on the latest version of MEC 6.4.0: [https://webnus.net/modern-events-calendar/change-log/](https://webnus.net/modern-events-calendar/change-log/) [https://wordpress.org/plugins/modern-events-calendar-lite/#developers](https://wordpress.org/plugins/modern-events-calendar-lite/#developers) * Best Regards Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘PHP Fatal Error’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/modern-events-calendar-lite_e2f4ff. svg) * [Modern Events Calendar Lite](https://wordpress.org/plugins/modern-events-calendar-lite/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/modern-events-calendar-lite/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/modern-events-calendar-lite/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/modern-events-calendar-lite/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/modern-events-calendar-lite/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/modern-events-calendar-lite/reviews/) ## Tags * [fatal error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fatal-error/) * 10 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [webnus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webnus/) * Last activity: [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-286/#post-15395302) * Status: resolved