Title: Update broke installation
Last modified: September 24, 2016

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# Update broke installation

 *  Resolved [moolander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moolander/)
 * (@moolander)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-broke-installation/)
 * Hi,
 * I just applied the last update to shop isle theme and WordPress broke, giving
   me an error code 500 when trying to access the back- or the front-end.
 * A brief debugging revealed that I got four instances of the same error (“Can’t
   use method return value in write context”) in lines 301, 414 , 603 and 678 of
   template-frontpage.php.
    I commented out the four IF blocks (all related to woocommerce,
   which I have not installed) and it works, but this is bad practice. Can you please
   suggest a better solution?
 * My PHP version is 5.5.
 * Best regards,
    Moolander

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 *  Thread Starter [moolander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moolander/)
 * (@moolander)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-broke-installation/#post-8216610)
 * Correction: I’ve installed and later uninstalled woocommerce, in case it makes
   any difference.
 *  [emerino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emerino/)
 * (@emerino)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-broke-installation/#post-8217335)
 * Hi,
    Looks like I have the same problem! After updating my Shop-Isle-Theme on
   home-page I get this Error.
 * “Fatal error: Can’t use method return value in write context in themes/shop-isle/
   template-frontpage.php on line 301”
 * Hopefully solution to this problem come soon.
 *  [rodicaelena](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rodicaelena/)
 * (@rodicaelena)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-broke-installation/#post-8217672)
 * Hi there,
 * As mentioned in another thread, this error usually occurs with lower versions
   of PHP. The theme is fully compatible with the latest version of PHP, but will
   try to fix this as soon as possible and release an update to make everything 
   ok with other versions too.
    Meanwhile you could maybe talk to your hosting provider
   and see if they can upgrade the PHP version? It’s always better to have the latest
   version, also for security reasons.
 * Regards,
    Rodica
 *  [rodicaelena](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rodicaelena/)
 * (@rodicaelena)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-broke-installation/#post-8217869)
 * Hi,
 * We are really sory for this. The new update is live now.
 * Please let me know if everything is ok now or if I can help with anything else.
 * Best regards,
    Rodica
 *  Thread Starter [moolander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moolander/)
 * (@moolander)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-broke-installation/#post-8218874)
 * Yeap, works perfectly.
 * Thank you for the swift response and action. I added a very positive review for
   both the support and the theme.
 * Best regards,
    moolander
 *  [emerino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emerino/)
 * (@emerino)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-broke-installation/#post-8219275)
 * Thank you so much!!!
    keep it up the good job!
 * excellent support!
 *  [rodicaelena](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rodicaelena/)
 * (@rodicaelena)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-broke-installation/#post-8219540)
 * Hi,
 * Really glad to hear everything is ok now.
    Thank you very much for the review,
   it helps us a lot.
 * Regards,
    Rodica

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 * Last reply from: [rodicaelena](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rodicaelena/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-broke-installation/#post-8219540)
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