Title: Fatal Error on Activate
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Fatal Error on Activate

 *  Resolved [costellos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/costellos/)
 * (@costellos)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-activate-7/)
 * Im getting this error when I activate the plugin.
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in xxx/wp-content/plugins/shorty/
   includes/shortcodes.php on line 25
 * Thanks,
    Steven Costello Costello Coding
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/shorty/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shorty/)

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 *  Plugin Author [flowdee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flowdee/)
 * (@flowdee)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-activate-7/#post-6717286)
 * Hey costellos,
 * this comes along with the fact that your webserver uses PHP lower than 5.3 which
   includes a required functionality for the plugin.
 * Can you check your hosting and upgrade the PHP version?
 *  Plugin Author [flowdee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flowdee/)
 * (@flowdee)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-activate-7/#post-6717439)
 * Added a note for new users: This plugin requires at least PHP 5.3.0.
 * **Please check your webhosting and upgrade the PHP version.**

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 * Last reply from: [flowdee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flowdee/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-activate-7/#post-6717439)
 * Status: resolved