Title: Duplicator installer Parse error
Last modified: May 26, 2017

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# Duplicator installer Parse error

 *  Resolved [TomBolton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tombolton/)
 * (@tombolton)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicator-installer-parse-error/)
 * I’m not particularly knowledgeable about web-design and such but I updated my
   html site for many years. 2 years ago I made a WP site with some help from a 
   friend to get me started. Now I want to update my old html site with WP one. 
   I use Windows 7. I used Xampp to redesign my site on my computer using the Devi
   theme. I keep the Theme and the few plugins; Monarch and Yoest SEO updated on
   a regular basis as is my version of WP. I used the plugin Duplicator to create
   the zip package and installer to try to migrate the site to the internet. I first
   had some warning when creating the package with duplicator but resolved that 
   using a plugin WP-Optimize to dump the revisions and clean things up. I then 
   de-installed WP-Optimizer. Duplicator then created the package with no warnings.
   I created a file with the created zip file and installer and used Fillzilla to
   upload them to my server. My web hosting is with 1and 1. I give in the url mysitename/
   the new WP file/installer.php. Instead of getting the installer to start up, 
   I get the following error message:
    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING,
   expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or ‘}’ in /homepages/14/d26455562/
   htdocs/ClownTB-WP/installer.php on line 191 I have no idea what to do. I found
   posts by people with similar problems and the responses seemed to be that either
   the version of PHP being used is outdated or there is simply mistakes in the 
   coding. How can this be with a modern updated theme and installer created by 
   duplicator which supposedly is so reliable? Is this just a matter of correcting
   some of the installer code or do I need to try to find a substitute for Duplicator
   or what? Anyone able to help with an answer that a layman rather than a computer
   expert can understand.

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 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicator-installer-parse-error/#post-9170877)
 * Hey Tom,
 * The installer file may have not gotten fully downloaded, or possibly corrupted.
   The installer file should be a around 430K in size. If its not then it may have
   not gotten fully downloaded. If it is then something else is going on between
   the installer script and server (which is not common).
 * Try to download the installer file again and if you continue to get the same 
   parse error then go ahead and [submit a ticket here](https://snapcreek.com/ticket).
   And I can have a closer look at your installer file. Please refer to this forum
   when submitting the ticket.
 * Thanks

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 * Last reply from: [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicator-installer-parse-error/#post-9170877)
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