Title: Fatal error when activating plugin
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Fatal error when activating plugin

 *  [McSquidwich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcsquidwich/)
 * (@mcsquidwich)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-19/)
 * I’ve uploaded the plugin via .zip upload in my WordPress dashboard. When I try
   to click the ‘Activate’ button, I get this error:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in …/wp-content/plugins/backupwordpress/
   backupwordpress.php on line 34
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [cuvelier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cuvelier/)
 * (@cuvelier)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-19/#post-5761100)
 * Hi McSquidwich,
 * So this is because your version of PHP is incompatible with BackUpWordPress.
 * BackUpWordPress requires PHP 5.3.2 or higher to run. You’ll need to contact your
   host and ask them to upgrade your version of PHP to 5.3.2 or higher.
 * Cheers,
    Owain

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 * Last reply from: [cuvelier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cuvelier/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-19/#post-5761100)
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