Title: Fatal Error
Last modified: May 4, 2018

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# Fatal Error

 *  Resolved [lanesharon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lanesharon/)
 * (@lanesharon)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2887/)
 * ON the install, I am getting this error message during ‘activate’:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘, expecting ‘)’ in /home/privated/public_html/
   hoa-poa.com/hlerg/wp-content/plugins/civist/class-civist-settings-manager.php
   on line 93

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 *  Plugin Author [Civist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/civist/)
 * (@civist)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2887/#post-10249215)
 * Thanks for reporting this [@lanesharon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lanesharon/),
   we are currently investigating the situation.
 * Our initial guess: the use of array literals in the Civist plugin code.
 * Which PHP version are you using on your system?
 *  Thread Starter [lanesharon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lanesharon/)
 * (@lanesharon)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2887/#post-10250444)
 * Sorry for the late reply. Am watching my grandkids this week. (smile) php version
   is 5.6.30
 *  Plugin Author [Civist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/civist/)
 * (@civist)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2887/#post-10253541)
 * I hope you had a good time with the grandkids 🙂 We will now try to reproduce
   and fix the problem. I’ll reach out as soon as the new plugin version becomes
   available for download.
 *  Plugin Author [Civist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/civist/)
 * (@civist)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2887/#post-10255275)
 * [@lanesharon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lanesharon/) we were not able
   to reproduce the parse error with PHP 5.6 but with 5.3.29. The parse error complains
   about an array literal (introduced with PHP 5.4).
 * I’ll keep you posted.
 *  Plugin Author [Civist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/civist/)
 * (@civist)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2887/#post-10257881)
 * [@lanesharon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lanesharon/) just wanted to
   let you know that the Civist plugin v4.5.9 is now available for download and 
   automatic update from wordpress.org.
 * Since we were not able to reproduce the problem with PHP 5.6, your feedback will
   be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 *  Thread Starter [lanesharon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lanesharon/)
 * (@lanesharon)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2887/#post-10258670)
 * Just went through the activate and the Civist registration process and all worked
   fine. Thank You.
 *  Plugin Author [Civist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/civist/)
 * (@civist)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2887/#post-10258920)
 * That’s good to hear 🙂 Thank you very much for your help and don’t hesitate to
   use our support widget inside the WP plugin in case of any questions or feature
   requests.

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 * Last activity: [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2887/#post-10258920)
 * Status: resolved