Title: Parse error after Update 2.0.0 Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Parse error after Update 2.0.0 * Resolved [rainerkormann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainerkormann/) * (@rainerkormann) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-update-200/) * After Update 2.0.0 the Plugin couldn’t be reactivated, because: * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce- pdf-invoices/admin/classes/woocommerce-pdf-invoices.php on line 276 * What can I do? * Thanks in advance, Rainer. * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-pdf-invoices/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-pdf-invoices/) Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [theApe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theape/) * (@theape) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-update-200/#post-5938893) * Same here. I’m rolling back for the minute. * [theApe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theape/) * (@theape) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-update-200/#post-5938898) * I’ve found my problem… I was using this version. [http://www.woothemes.com/products/pdf-invoices/](http://www.woothemes.com/products/pdf-invoices/) * and without realising I automatically upgraded to… [https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-pdf-invoices/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-pdf-invoices/) * They’re unrelated plugins with the same name. It’s be nice if the WP plugin directory had SKU codes or something like that for plugins so that sort of thing wouldn’t happen. * Plugin Author [Bas Elbers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baaaaas/) * (@baaaaas) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-update-200/#post-5938900) * I’m looking into it. You could try to delete, download and reactivate version 2.0.0. * Thread Starter [rainerkormann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainerkormann/) * (@rainerkormann) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-update-200/#post-5938901) * Thanks theApe: same with me. Wrong Plugin-Auto-Update… * Plugin Author [Bas Elbers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baaaaas/) * (@baaaaas) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-update-200/#post-5938903) * It’s really strange WordPress only looks at the name of the plugin. theApe thanks!! * Wel, try out this plugin. 🙂 It’s free and has a lot more features like sending invoices to cloud storage. If you have some request for new features, let me know and I will add it. * [jny007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jny007/) * (@jny007) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-update-200/#post-5938931) * I’ve removed old version of plugin “woocommerce-pdf-invoices” v 1.1.2, * downloaded new zip version 2.0.0 – reinstall plugin but still get: * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce- pdf-invoices/admin/classes/woocommerce-pdf-invoices.php on line 276 * ??? * Any ideas why? * Regards, Jan * Plugin Author [Bas Elbers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baaaaas/) * (@baaaaas) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-update-200/#post-5938962) * Could you remove the array [‘class=”…”‘] on line 276 and try again? I don’t know anymore what the name of the class is called. I don’t get the error my self so it’s hard to debug. * [Lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ikbenlisa/) * (@ikbenlisa) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-update-200/#post-5938972) * I had the same problem, but i found the solution: you have to make sure you’re on PHP >= 5.4 * The [shorthand method for arrays is only supported in PHP >= 5.4](http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php), and my server was still using 5.3. After upgrading to PHP 5.5, the error was gone. * Bas, to improve compatibility i guess you should not use the shorthand code. * [Lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ikbenlisa/) * (@ikbenlisa) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-update-200/#post-5938973) * P.S.: great work on the new version of the plugin! * Plugin Author [Bas Elbers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baaaaas/) * (@baaaaas) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-update-200/#post-5938978) * Thanks Lisa for finding the solution. 😀 I will update the plugin as soon as possible! Could you be so kind to give me a 5 star review? If you have any feature requests, please let me know. 🙂 * [jny007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jny007/) * (@jny007) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-update-200/#post-5938985) * I’ve noticed these shorthand codes too, but for me it is impossible to update php. Is there any chance that you correct this baas, as i think a lot of people will have troubles with this…and it’s a shame for this really GOOD plugin not to be compatible with php under 5.4. * If i am correct it is just a replacement of [‘xy’] to array(‘xy’)..or am i wrong and it is a lot more work involved? * regards, Jan * Plugin Author [Bas Elbers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baaaaas/) * (@baaaaas) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-update-200/#post-5939007) * Try 2.0.1 [https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-pdf-invoices/changelog/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-pdf-invoices/changelog/) Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘Parse error after Update 2.0.0’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/woocommerce-pdf-invoices/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=1128583) * [Invoices for WooCommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-pdf-invoices/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-pdf-invoices/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-pdf-invoices/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-pdf-invoices/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-pdf-invoices/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-pdf-invoices/reviews/) ## Tags * [parse-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parse-error/) * 12 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Bas Elbers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baaaaas/) * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-update-200/#post-5939007) * Status: resolved