Title: Why PHP 5.3? Last modified: September 2, 2016 --- # Why PHP 5.3? * [Russell Cohen (Mywebapps)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maskil/) * (@maskil) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-php-53/) * “The Duplicator requires php 5.3 or higher.” * Very disappointed. I would have loved to have given it a spin, but both source( Bluehost) and destination (Hostgator) servers are running PHP 5.2. Is there some functionality in PHP 5.3 that the plugin specifically requires? Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/) * (@corylamleorg) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-php-53/#post-7784115) * The plugin does not require 5.3 or higher it requires 5.2.17 or higher which is the most stable and secure of the 5.2.n versions. The installation requirements page doesn’t have the correct information, sorry about that… * As a note hosting providers should not be using any version below 5.2.17 as there are security patches that have been applied to that version. Please remove the 1 star rating…. * Thanks * Thread Starter [Russell Cohen (Mywebapps)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maskil/) * (@maskil) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-php-53/#post-7784116) * Thanks for the feedback. I have changed the rating accordingly. * Both servers are indeed running 5.2.17. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘Why PHP 5.3?’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/duplicator/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2906985) * [Duplicator - Backups & Migration Plugin - Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More](https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/duplicator/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/duplicator/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/duplicator/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/duplicator/reviews/) * 2 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Russell Cohen (Mywebapps)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maskil/) * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-php-53/#post-7784116)