Title: parse error, couldn't activate plugin
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# parse error, couldn't activate plugin

 *  [aparente001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aparente001/)
 * (@aparente001)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-couldnt-activate-plugin/)
 * Tried to install “Plugin Modification Date” but when I tried to activate, I got:
   `
   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ':' in .../blog/wp-content/plugins/plugin-
   modification-date/plugin-modification-date.php on line 68`
 * Here’s what I found in line 68:
    `return $foldermtime ? : false;`
 * I ran the whole plugin code through a PHP syntax checker and it didn’t find any
   problem.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-modification-date/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-modification-date/)

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-couldnt-activate-plugin/)
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