Title: Cannot Activate
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Cannot Activate

 *  Resolved [Per Lichtman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/per-lichtman/)
 * (@per-lichtman)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-13/)
 * When I try to activate the plug-in, I get the message: “Parse error: syntax error,
   unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM in /home/content/58/8092258/html/pasdenapulse/
   wordpress/wp-content/plugins/sidecar-decision-tree/sidecar/sidecar_track.php 
   on line 47”
 * I was originally using PHP 5.2, so after getting that error, I am in the process
   of moving to 5.3 now. Will that solve the problem or is something else likely
   the culprit?
 * I got the same error on two blogs, one running WordPress 3.9.1 and the other 
   3.8.3.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/sidecar-decision-tree/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sidecar-decision-tree/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Per Lichtman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/per-lichtman/)
 * (@per-lichtman)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-13/#post-5100152)
 * I’m happy to say that updating to PHP 5.3 solved it.
 * If you mention the required PHP version on the description page, it may help 
   people with older sites in the future.
 * For anyone else having the same problem, here’s how to check you PHP version.
   
   [http://php.about.com/od/troubleshooting/qt/php_version.htm](http://php.about.com/od/troubleshooting/qt/php_version.htm)
 * And if there are any other GoDaddy users, here’s their page on changing your 
   PHP version (make sure to click the topic headers to expand them for more info).
   
   [http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/3937/viewing-or-changing-your-php-language-version](http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/3937/viewing-or-changing-your-php-language-version)
 *  Thread Starter [Per Lichtman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/per-lichtman/)
 * (@per-lichtman)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-13/#post-5100275)
 * I forgot to mark this as resolved.

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 * Last reply from: [Per Lichtman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/per-lichtman/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-13/#post-5100275)
 * Status: resolved