Title: problems strict standards
Last modified: October 28, 2016

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# problems strict standards

 *  [marpelilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marpelilla/)
 * (@marpelilla)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-strict-standards/)
 * Hi! I have installed this plugin in my wordpress and I get this error in the 
   form page:
 * Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /var/www/
   vhost/vpp-design.com/home/html/gasflow/wp-content/plugins/email-before-download/
   email-before-download.php on line 147
 * Line 147: $pd = &get_file_data( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . “/download-monitor/download-monitor.
   php”, array(“Version”=>”Version”), ‘plugin’);
 * I don’t understand what’s happening, I have installed this plugin in other wordpress
   and never had a problem.
 * Could someone help me? I’m a designer, not a developer, and I’m getting quite
   crazy about this. I have tried to installed it in another wordpress in the same
   domain, and I get the same error. could be some minimum requirements that I’m
   missing?

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 *  [dtynan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dtynan/)
 * (@dtynan)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-strict-standards/#post-8368142)
 * I think you have your PHP warning stuff turned up too high on that system. Also,
   it looks like you probably have errors displaying to the screen rather than going
   into a file (this may break EBD because warnings will appear in the ajax response
   and corrupt it .. meaning it won’t work when you press Submit on the form, probably).
 * So, you need to do something to suppress warnings. That might be as simple as
   turning WP_DEBUG off, if it’s on. Or, you might need to go into php.ini and turn
   off warnings [make it like your other systems for the warning/error stuff]. And,
   in php.ini you might need to redirect errors to a file rather than to a screen.
   There are a number of settings in wordpress and in php.ini so I can’t tell you
   exactly what you need to do or where to do it … I can only offer those suggestions.
   You’ll need to get someone to help you if you don’t know how to go track this
   stuff down in your configuration files.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-strict-standards/#post-8368142)
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