WordPress.com Independent Publisher theme on self-hosted site gives fatal error

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  raamdev · Staff · Aug 13, 2015 at 1:49 am

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  I just downloaded the new Independent Publisher theme available here:
  https://wordpress.com/themes/independent-publisher/

  However, when I install it on my self-hosted site (WordPress 4.2.4), I’m getting the following error:

  Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in /var/www/example/wordpress/wp-content/themes/independent-publisher-wpcom/inc/template-tags.php on line 136

  Any idea what’s going on?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  justjennifer · Member · Aug 13, 2015 at 5:50 am

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  I’ve tagged this for Theme Staff assistance. Please be patient while waiting for their reply.

  (and color me confused, but aren’t you the author of this theme?)

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  rachelmcr · Member · Aug 13, 2015 at 5:17 pm

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  Hi Raam,

  That’s odd — I’m sorry about that! I reported this error to our theme team so they can investigate that for you. We’ll let you know as soon as we have an update about that.

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  mendezcode · Member · Aug 13, 2015 at 10:33 pm

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  Howdy Raam,

  First of all, thanks for such an awesome theme :)

  The issues have been fixed! You can re-download the theme’s ZIP and everything will work as expected.

  Cheers!

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  raamdev · Staff · Aug 13, 2015 at 11:50 pm

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  @justjennifer @rachelmcr Thanks for getting this to the right person! :-)

  @mendezcode Thank you for fixing that–I’ve re-downloaded and confirmed the issue has been fixed. Woohoo!

  It was a nice surprise to see the Independent Publisher theme on WordPress.com after all the hard work that’s gone into it, not just by me but by dozens of other contributors. :-)

  Cheers!