Title: Fatal Error on Update/Re-Install
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Fatal Error on Update/Re-Install

 *  [xerakon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xerakon/)
 * (@xerakon)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-updatere-install/)
 * Upon updating, and even a fresh install to v2.6 of ABASE, I am getting the following
   error:
 *     ```
       Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
       Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /home/medrepsr/public_html/wp/wp-content/plugins/abase/abase_plugin_options.php on line 129
       ```
   
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/abase/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/abase/)

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 *  [gerarddijkstra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gerarddijkstra/)
 * (@gerarddijkstra)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-updatere-install/#post-7076318)
 * A temporary fix for this problem I used:
    Change line 129 in abase_plugin_options.
   php FROM:
 * $dbhost_=[];$dbname_=[];$dbpwd_=[];$dbuser_=[];$dbfiles_=[];
 * TO:
    $dbhost_=array();$dbname_=array();$dbpwd_=array();$dbuser_=array();$dbfiles_
   =array();
 * You are probably using an ‘old’ PHP version on your system.
 * You can also upgrade your PHP to the newest version. This will fix the problem
   permantly.

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 * Last reply from: [gerarddijkstra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gerarddijkstra/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-updatere-install/#post-7076318)
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