Title: Fatal error when activating plugin
Last modified: October 18, 2017

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# Fatal error when activating plugin

 *  Resolved [wdwnewstoday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wdwnewstoday/)
 * (@wdwnewstoday)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-44/)
 * Installed the plugin (v2.1.0), but when I activate the plugin I get this:
 * Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
    Parse error:
   syntax error, unexpected ‘function’ (T_FUNCTION), expecting identifier (T_STRING)
   or \\ (T_NS_SEPARATOR) in /var/www/wdwnt.com/wp-content/plugins/ilab-media-tools/
   classes/Tools/Crop/CropTool.php on line 17

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 *  Plugin Author [interfacelab](https://wordpress.org/support/users/interfacelab/)
 * (@interfacelab)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-44/#post-9596478)
 * What PHP version?
 *  Plugin Author [interfacelab](https://wordpress.org/support/users/interfacelab/)
 * (@interfacelab)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-44/#post-9596484)
 * I’m guessing its < 5.6 because the line it’s choking on is a 5.6+ feature.
 *  Thread Starter [wdwnewstoday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wdwnewstoday/)
 * (@wdwnewstoday)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-44/#post-9596488)
 * You’re right.
    PHP: 5.5.9-1ubuntu4.22
 * I’ll contact my host to upgrade.
 *  Plugin Author [interfacelab](https://wordpress.org/support/users/interfacelab/)
 * (@interfacelab)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-44/#post-9596496)
 * You can “downgrade” to version 1.5.3 and it’ll work fine with 5.5x
 * [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ilab-media-tools.1.5.3.zip](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ilab-media-tools.1.5.3.zip)
 * But you should def upgrade to 5.6 at a minimum. 🙂
 * Thanks!
 * Jon.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-44/#post-9596496)
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