Error when updating to latest verion

I had the exact same problem, except after commenting out the “catchbox_sliders” function, I kept getting syntax errors for unexpected end of file. I’d go to the line specified and comment it out or add a ?> tag, but then another line would show up.

I’m completely hosed at the moment. I may have to go through my FTP client to delete the entire theme folder.

Did you bother to test this latest update? (Just curious.)

I’m using the most recent version of Catch-Box – the one released yesterday.

The precise error is:

Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in /wp-content/themes/catch-box/functions.php on line 836

Upon further research, it appears that the problem is in this specific line of functions.php:

if( ( !$catchbox_sliders = get_transient( 'catchbox_sliders' ) ) &&
	!empty( array_filter( $options[ 'featured_slider' ] ) )  ) {

(approximately line 826)

If this is changed to:

if( ( !$catchbox_sliders = get_transient( 'catchbox_sliders' ) ) &&
	false != ( array_filter( $options[ 'featured_slider' ] ) )  ) {

… then the problem goes away.

This post from stackoverflow has more information about why using the “empty” function here yields an error:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17139264/cant-use-function-return-value-in-write-context

Hello,
Have you tried fresh installing the theme and check if the theme has the same error or not ?
For swift response please visit the themes official forum

https://catchthemes.com/support-forum/forum/catch-box-public/

regards,
bplv