Title: New 500 error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# New 500 error

 *  Resolved [shoclabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shoclabs/)
 * (@shoclabs)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-500-error/)
 * Today, I suddenly got the following error when accessing the site:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /hermes/walnaweb02a/b65/moo.centroinfinitomx3/
   wp-content/plugins/ldd-directory-lite/includes/shortcodes/submit.php on line 
   214
 * I tried deleting the plugin and installing it again, however I’m unable to activate
   the plugin since it throws the same error.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ldd-directory-lite/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ldd-directory-lite/)

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 *  [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/delayedinsanity/)
 * (@delayedinsanity)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-500-error/#post-5111518)
 * I’m sorry, I’ve done that twice now (used code that’s fine in newer versions 
   of PHP but not backwards compatible); going forward I need to set up a test environment
   running an older copy of PHP so I can catch myself on it.
 * I’ll release a hotfix for it this morning that should allow you to re-install
   the plugin without receiving that error.
 *  [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/delayedinsanity/)
 * (@delayedinsanity)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-500-error/#post-5111528)
 * Try 0.7.3-beta, this fixes the PHP compatibility issues. I tested on 5.2.17 and
   will continue to do so in the future to try and avoid this.
 *  Thread Starter [shoclabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shoclabs/)
 * (@shoclabs)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-500-error/#post-5111534)
 * I updated and it worked perfectly. Keep the good job on a great plugin!

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-500-error/#post-5111534)
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