Title: Fatal error
Last modified: July 5, 2018

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# Fatal error

 *  Resolved [caudebrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caudebrand/)
 * (@caudebrand)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2954/)
 * When I install the plugin, I always get the following error message : Parse error:
   syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /www/xxxx/wp-content/plugins/name-directory/helpers.
   php on line 116

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/)
 * (@jeroenpeters1986)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2954/#post-10465823)
 * Hi [@caudebrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caudebrand/),
 * I think you have a pretty old PHP version, because this is a syntax error from
   before PHP 5.4, so PHP 5.3 or lower.
    At the moment, PHP 7.1 is the most recent
   stable version, PHP 5.6 is the latest one in the 5.x versions, which will have
   no support at the end of the month.
 * While the fix is simple (and will be available in less than an hour) I will urge
   you to upgrade to a host with a newer PHP version. I think you will encounter
   more and more of these problems in the future if you don’t upgrade.
 * I wil leave a message when the fix is here.
 * Kind regards,
 * Jeroen Peters
 *  Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/)
 * (@jeroenpeters1986)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2954/#post-10465854)
 * Hi [@caudebrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caudebrand/),
 * version 1.9.7 is now available. This should work on your installation too.
 * Will you please test this for me and let me know if everything is OK now?
 * Kind regards,
 * Jeroen Peters
 *  Thread Starter [caudebrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caudebrand/)
 * (@caudebrand)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2954/#post-10466013)
 * Hi,
 * With the new version I was able to install the plugin without problem.
    Actually
   my PHP version (5.3.28) is a little awake! Thank you very much
 *  Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/)
 * (@jeroenpeters1986)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2954/#post-10466029)
 * Hey [@caudebrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caudebrand/),
 * thanks for getting back to me 🙂
    I’m glad that it works for you!
 * If you like the plugin, please consider writing a review or leaving a small donation.
 * Kind regards,
 * Jeroen Peters

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 * Last reply from: [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2954/#post-10466029)
 * Status: resolved