Title: Error on activation: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected
Last modified: June 20, 2017

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# Error on activation: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected

 *  ResolvedPlugin Author [Dear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tawhidurrahmandear/)
 * (@tawhidurrahmandear)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-on-activation-parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected/)
 * **Solution:**
 * Make sure your host is running PHP 5. The only foolproof way to do this is to
   add this line to wp-config.php (after the opening <?php tag):
 *  var_dump(PHP_VERSION);

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