Title: PHP minimum requirement not updated
Last modified: July 19, 2019

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# PHP minimum requirement not updated

 *  Resolved [livinglabiupui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/livinglabiupui/)
 * (@livinglabiupui)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-minimum-requirement-not-updated/)
 * One of my sites is running on PHP 5.4, and I got a nasty surprise while updating
   plugins. BackWPup, in the changelog, now requires PHP 5.5+, but this change isn’t
   reflected on the main plugin description, and the compatibility list still says
   the minimum PHP version required is 5.3.3+.
 * The effect of running version 3.6.10 on a PHP 5.4 server (WordPress 5.1.1) is
   a site-wide HTTP 500 error, and the error log fills with
    “[UTC timestamp] PHP
   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘$value’ (T_VARIABLE) in /home/****/public_html/
   wp-content/plugins/backwpup/vendor/aws/aws-sdk-php/src/functions.php on line 
   36” and requires FTP/Cpanel access to rename the plugin folder to stop the errors
   and disable BackWPup.
 * Just a heads up while I continue testing older plugins reactions to PHP 7.0+.

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 *  [Adam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kbil4eva/)
 * (@kbil4eva)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-minimum-requirement-not-updated/#post-11753477)
 * I saw hope in this but updated my sites to 5.6 and then 7.1 and still the plugin
   has issues
 *  [happyAnt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duongcuong96/)
 * (@duongcuong96)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-minimum-requirement-not-updated/#post-11760341)
 * Hi [@livinglabiupui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/livinglabiupui/)
    BackWPUp
   3.6.10 duo to Amazon AWS library update now requires minimum PHP 5.5, so in this
   case, please upgrade your PHP version to 5.5. Thank you
 *  [happyAnt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duongcuong96/)
 * (@duongcuong96)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-minimum-requirement-not-updated/#post-11760344)
 * Hi [@kbil4eva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kbil4eva/)
    Please continue
   the report in this thread instead: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-has-broken-my-website/#post-11760336](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-has-broken-my-website/#post-11760336)
   Thank you very much!
 *  [happyAnt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duongcuong96/)
 * (@duongcuong96)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-minimum-requirement-not-updated/#post-11762904)
 * Hi [@livinglabiupui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/livinglabiupui/)
    we
   changed the minimum PHP requirement to PHP 5.6 for BackWPUp 3.6.10. So I’m going
   to close the issue here, let me know if you have any other question 🙂

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-minimum-requirement-not-updated/#post-11762904)
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