Title: PHP version incompatibility
Last modified: October 26, 2018

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# PHP version incompatibility

 *  [caricreates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caricreates/)
 * (@caricreates)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-version-incompatibility/)
 * I was hoping to update my PHP version to improve my site performance, but in 
   checking plugin compatibilities I was given this error for Sermon Manager (below).
   Can you tell me if this aspect of Sermon Manager will be updated soon to make
   it compatible? I don’t like running my site on such an old PHP version (5.4).
   Thanks.
 * FILE: /home/ncfchurc/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sermon-manager-for-wordpress/
   sermons.php
    ———————————————————————————————————— FOUND 1 ERROR AFFECTING 1 LINE————————————————————————————————————
   273 | ERROR | Using a call-time pass-by-reference is deprecated since PHP 5.3
   and prohibited since PHP 5.4 ————————————————————————————————————

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 *  [Nikola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nikolam/)
 * (@nikolam)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-version-incompatibility/#post-10819926)
 * Hi!
 * Are you using latest Sermon Manager, 2.15.6?
 * Because I have took a look at the code, and we are not using that functionality
   anywhere in that file (or rest of the code).
 * Also, I can personally confirm that Sermon Manager will work on latest PHP 7.2,
   since that is the main version we use for development.
 *  Thread Starter [caricreates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caricreates/)
 * (@caricreates)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-version-incompatibility/#post-10820322)
 * I am indeed using Sermon Manager 2.15.6 already. Unfortunately, SiteGround hosting
   does not let me upgrade the PHP from within WordPress so long as it finds an 
   incompatibility.

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 * Last reply from: [caricreates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caricreates/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-version-incompatibility/#post-10820322)
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