Title: parse error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# parse error

 *  Resolved [Andrei Chira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smlaci/)
 * (@smlaci)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-264/)
 * Hi,
 * I get this error on plugin activation.
    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected
   T_STRING, expecting T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING or ‘(‘ in /home/legalbus/public_html/
   wp-content/plugins/font-awesome-shortcodes/includes/fontawesome-shortcodes-help.
   php on line 23
 * WP 3.9.1
    Plugin 4.0.3.8 Genesis Framework 2.0.2 News Pro Theme 3.0
 * I have deactivated all plugins, still getting error.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/font-awesome-shortcodes/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/font-awesome-shortcodes/)

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 *  Plugin Author [MWDelaney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foolsrun/)
 * (@foolsrun)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-264/#post-5016814)
 * Andrei,
    Can you confirm what version of PHP you’re running?
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [Andrei Chira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smlaci/)
 * (@smlaci)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-264/#post-5016933)
 * I’ve activated php 5.5 and everything is fine now.
 * Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [Andrei Chira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smlaci/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-264/#post-5016933)
 * Status: resolved