Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.

  • Resolved Bruice

    (@bruice)


    10 years, 6 months ago

    Hi,
    I am very interested in learning and using Timber! However, today on my Hostgator account, I set up a new instance of WordPress (3.6.1) and downloaded Timber (latest version) but I get the following error message upon trying to activate:

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in /.../public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/timber-library/timber.php on line 381

    I am using PHP 5 and the WordPress install is brand new and clean (no other plugins are running). I have also tried installing and activating the plugin on my other WordPress sites and get the same error.

    http://wordpress.org/plugins/timber-library/

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  • Plugin Author jarednova

    (@jarednova)

    10 years, 6 months ago

    Hey Bruice! Can you check your PHP version? Timber uses some closures (http://php.net/manual/en/functions.anonymous.php) which were introduced in PHP 5.3

    Thread Starter Bruice

    (@bruice)

    10 years, 6 months ago

    Hi Jarednova,
    Thanks for your response!
    My PHP version is apparently 5.2.17 so I’ll have to create a ticket for Hostgator to update this (which they’ll hopefully do).
    Is there a previous revision I can use in the meantime? From the plugin’s WordPress page I can download the older versions.

    Thread Starter Bruice

    (@bruice)

    10 years, 6 months ago

    No need to worry. I have updated the htaccess file to use php 5.3 and WordPress successfully activated the plugin now 🙂
    Thanks for the help! I look forwards to creating Timber themes!

    Plugin Author jarednova

    (@jarednova)

    10 years, 6 months ago

    Not sure on which version requires it — I’ve already added a better warning when that happens that will be in the next release

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