Error message after Uptating Breadcrumb : "Your PHP version is too old…"

Mike D, thanks for looking into this more and confirming what I had suspected was the issue.

I got same problem, phpinfo() says im running 5.3.2
but plugin reports im using 5.2.17 and is unable to work … I was forced to downgrade to 5.11

@qbavsop: How did you run phpinfo()? If it wasn’t in the actual WordPress environment (in your theme’s functions.php or in a plugin) you may be running a different version of PHP for various reasons (see Mike D’s comment). Did you try var_dump(phpversion())?

If Breadcrumb NavXT is seeing 5.2.17, then that is the version phpversion() is returning. If phpversion() is returning a specific version, then that is the version being used, or there is a bug in phpversion() for your PHP install and you should update to a version without that bug (you should not be running PHP5.3.2, if you are stuck on PHP5.3, you should be on PHP5.3.29).

PHP5.3.2 was released 5 years ago!

@john, yeah i run var_dump(phpversion()) it returns me 5.2.17 now
looks like my hosting company is messing up something

Hi, I also get this meesage (Your PHP version is too old, please upgrade to a newer version. Your version is 5.2.17, Breadcrumb NavXT requires 5.3.0). My host is GoDaddy. I know very little about WordPress, upgrading, etc. Does anyone know how to go about upgrading to 5.3.0 when using GoDaddy for a hosting service? Is it something I can do myslef when I log into GoDaddy or is it something I have to contact them to take care of? (good luck with that!)

For GoDaddy, you probably can specify your PHP version from within the GoDaddy control panel (use Google to search for how to upgrade PHP with GoDaddy). Also note, GoDaddy likely supports specifying the PHP version via .htaccess file, make sure you don’t have something like what Mike D had in your .htaccess file.

Installed Breadcrumb NavXT 5.2.2 and was told I needed to upgrade my PHP (as the thread enquiries are based on)
So I tried to delete the plugin. But I can’t delete it!! I get a blank white page. I can only deactivate the plugin!
I’ve resorted to installing Breadcrumb Trail instead and hope that works successfully.
Now how do I delete Breadcrumb NavXT 5.2.2 plugin please, without getting a white page?
My website is https://www.adafagan.co.za

You would have to remove via FTP as the uninstaller requires PHP5.3 or newer. The long term solution is to contact your webhost and get them to migrate you to PHP5.5 or PHP5.6. PHP5.2 has known security vulnerabilities and has not been updating in years, you should not be running it.

Thanks for your prompt response. I’ll get hold of my ISP and ask them to update their PHP. Thanks again, much appreciative.

My webhost said they don’t want to upgrade their PHP because it will upset all their other clients. They will only upgrade when there is enough requests to upgrade.

It’s unfortunate that your webhost seems disinterested in keeping its server(s) up to date software wise.

If you don’t mind, would you care to share who your webhost is? They should be brought in contact with the WordPress team that works with webhosts to migrate to newer PHP versions.

By giving you my webhost, they maybe annoyed with me. They didn’t seemed too pleased when I had approached them about updating my PHP. They said everyone is on the lower version because most people aren’t so technically advanced.
They are: Atlantic Internet Services: website: https://www.lantic.net
For technical help: [email protected]
Now I have added problems by having tried to get breadcrumbs and then deleting plugins: google said they couldn’t googlebot my website. So I changed the robots.txt in settings/reading to accommodate google and did fetch, but now they say they still can’t googlebot my site!
I’m not good at IT but enjoy learning new things, sharing and helping others on the internet.