{"id":18996872,"date":"2026-08-19T04:29:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T04:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/declared-php-version-7-1-is-not-supported-by-plugins-latest-update\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T04:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T04:31:00","slug":"declared-php-version-7-1-is-not-supported-by-plugins-latest-update","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/declared-php-version-7-1-is-not-supported-by-plugins-latest-update\/","title":{"rendered":"PHP (7.4) Parse error: syntax error, unexpected &#8216;|&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Live site uses PHP 7.4, plugin (version 4.6.1) says it supports PHP 7.1+<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress crashes giving following error:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>PHP message: PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '|', expecting variable (T_VARIABLE) in \/wp-content\/plugins\/groundhogg\/includes\/utils\/date-time-helper.php on line 15 <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which is this line:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>public function __construct( $datetime = 'now', \\DateTimeZone|string $timezone = null ) {<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Possible solution maybe to make plugin compatible with declared PHP version or declare PHP version that is supported by the plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will prevent updating plugin to the latest version for live sites that are still using old PHP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18996872","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-php"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18996872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18996872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18996872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}