MLA not loading -PHP version 4

Thanks for your report; I regret the trouble you are having.

I changed the minimum required version to conform to the new WordPress recommendation. MLA uses a standard PHP function to get the version and I have no reason to believe it is giving wrong results. Here is the code in /media-library-assistant/tests/class-mla-tests.php that does the test:

                /**
                * Test that your PHP version is at least that of the $min_php_version
                *
                * @since 0.1
                *
                * @param          string     representing the minimum required version of PHP, e.g. '5.3.2'
                *
                * @return          string     '' if pass else error message
                */
                public static function min_php_version( $min_version )
                {
                                $current_version = phpversion();
                                if ( version_compare( $current_version, $min_version, '<' ) ) {
                                                return sprintf( '<li>The plugin requires PHP %1$s or newer; you have %2$s.<br />Contact your system administrator about updating your version of PHP.</li>', /*$1%s*/ $min_version, /*$2%s*/ $current_version );
                                }

                                return '';
                }

If you have access to the MLA source code you can delete the lines that do the test to bypass the problem. Remove this portion:

        $current_version = phpversion();
        if ( version_compare( $current_version, $min_version, '<' ) ) {
                return sprintf( '<li>The plugin requires PHP %1$s or newer; you have %2$s.<br />Contact your system administrator about updating your version of PHP.</li>', /*$1%s*/ $min_version, /*$2%s*/ $current_version );
        }

Make sure you leave the “return ”;” line intact.

As an alternative, I have uploaded a new MLA Development Version dated 20151213 that corrects the problem. To get the Development Version, follow the instructions in this earlier topic:

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You can install the Development Version if you don’t feel comfortable making the source code changes I outlined above.

I urge you to work with your hosting company to resolve the PHP version problem. MLA won’t be the only code using “phpversion()” to make a test of this sort.

Let me know how you make out. Thanks for your interest in the plugin.

Great. Will let you know how I get on. AFAIK the PHP version is accurate but as I am fairly inexperienced, I will double check with the host and then try your solutions so I can report back.

Thanks

I have released MLA version 2.41, which relaxes the PHP requirement from version 5.4 back to version 5.3. The new version should work for you.

I am marking this topic resolved, but please update this topic if you have any problems.