Title: Error when activating
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Error when activating

 *  [jplotner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jplotner/)
 * (@jplotner)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-18/)
 * I get this error message when attempting to activate the plugin.
 * > Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
   > Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home3/jonplotn/public_html/
   > nlccommunity/wp-content/plugins/download-manager/download-manager.php on line
   > 12
 * Jon
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Shahriar Alam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shahriar0822/)
 * (@shahriar0822)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-18/#post-7041515)
 * Since version (2.8.4) Download Manager requires php v5.3.0+ ( [http://php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.rationale.php](http://php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.rationale.php)),
   may you please update your server php version, however if that is not possible,
   you can get back the previous version from here [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/download-manager.2.8.3.zip](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/download-manager.2.8.3.zip)
 *  Thread Starter [jplotner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jplotner/)
 * (@jplotner)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-18/#post-7041582)
 * I have version 5.4.2 installed. Any other ideas?
 *  Plugin Author [Shahjada](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codename065/)
 * (@codename065)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-18/#post-7041685)
 * You only will show the error, when installed php version doesn’t support “namespace”(
   [http://php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.rationale.php](http://php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.rationale.php)),
   so, may you please contact with your hosting company, why installed php version
   is not supporting namesapce when it 5.4+
 *  [one8edegree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/one8edegree/)
 * (@one8edegree)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-18/#post-7041726)
 * if i downgrade how can i save the files? do i need to back up and specific file?
   cause it is not activating at all and i dont want to loose my files
 *  Plugin Author [Shahjada](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codename065/)
 * (@codename065)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-18/#post-7041727)
 * You can delete plugin files from ftp, it will not harm your old data.

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