Title: Fatal Error
Last modified: January 4, 2017

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# Fatal Error

 *  Resolved [amyrica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amyrica/)
 * (@amyrica)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2397/)
 * Hi there. I have tried to install this plugin, and, when I try to activate it,
   I get the following error code:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/content/21/8249321/html/
   test/wp-content/plugins/zip-recipes/zip-recipes.php on line 36
 * Can you please advise what might be causing this? Thanks!

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 *  [HappyGezim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hgezim/)
 * (@hgezim)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2397/#post-8618724)
 * Hi amyrica,
 * It means you hosting company has got you on PHP 5.2 or lower. Zip Recipes requires
   you to be on PHP 5.3 or higher.
 * If you give me your hosts name, I might be able to find an article on how to 
   fix this.
 * Always feel free to email me at [hello@ziprecipes.net](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2397/hello@ziprecipes.net?output_format=md)
   as well.
 * -Gezim
 *  Thread Starter [amyrica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amyrica/)
 * (@amyrica)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2397/#post-8618757)
 * Okay. Thanks so much for the quick response! I read into it a little, and it 
   seems some old code is not compatible with new PHP some times. I think I have
   14 sites, so I don’t know that I can risk upgrading my PHP at the moment. I’ll
   have to do a little more research.
 * Thanks again!
 *  [HappyGezim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hgezim/)
 * (@hgezim)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2397/#post-8619673)
 * Np, [@amyrica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amyrica/).
 * Yeah, you’d want to be careful and not just switch PHP versions like that. However,
   if something relies on PHP 5.2, that’s not a good sign!
 * -GEzim

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 * Last reply from: [HappyGezim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hgezim/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2397/#post-8619673)
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