Title: Cannot Activate Plugin
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Cannot Activate Plugin

 *  Resolved [EzerchE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ezerche/)
 * (@ezerche)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-23/)
 * Hello, i cannot activate the plugin. It just gives an error “Plugin could not
   be activated because it triggered a fatal error.”
 * I have tried install from wordpress and upload the zip file but no luck. And 
   also I cannot remove the plugin, it gives empty page screen. I have deleted manually
   the files from plugin folder to remove.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/)

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 *  [WPWhiteSecurity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpwhitesecurity/)
 * (@wpwhitesecurity)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-23/#post-6243821)
 * Hello EzerchE,
 * I am sorry to hear you are having such problems.
 * Can you please advise what version of WordPress and PHP you are running?
 * Looking forward to hearing form you.
 *  [mamouneyya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mamouneyya/)
 * (@mamouneyya)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-23/#post-6243842)
 * I am having the same issue. Here is the detailed error message that I get when
   activating the plugin:
 * > Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
   > Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM in /****/****/
   > public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/classes/DB/ActiveRecord.
   > php on line 62
 * **WordPress Version:** 4.1.1
    **PHP Version:** 5.2.17
 *  Thread Starter [EzerchE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ezerche/)
 * (@ezerche)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-23/#post-6243843)
 * I have figured out my PHP 5.2 version is the problem. But i use some old scripts
   uses PHP 5.2 on my server so I cannot upgrade the version 5.4.
 *  [WPWhiteSecurity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpwhitesecurity/)
 * (@wpwhitesecurity)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-23/#post-6243845)
 * There are several reasons why we only support PHP 5.3 and above, but mainly:
 * 1. Features – we use a number of features that are only available in PHP 5.3 
   and onwards
 * 2. Security – this is most probably the most important of all. PHP has long stopped
   supporting older versions of PHP even though some of them still have non fixed
   security issues.
 * Therefore I would recommend you to look into your old scripts and upgrade PHP
   as soon as possible.

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 * Last reply from: [WPWhiteSecurity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpwhitesecurity/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-23/#post-6243845)
 * Status: resolved