Title: Parse error from WP e-commerce
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Parse error from WP e-commerce

 *  [ricky352](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricky352/)
 * (@ricky352)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-from-wp-e-commerce/)
 * I just took over as the admin on a site and my first job was to set up WP e-commerce
   to collect payments for something. Right once I installed the plugin it gave 
   me this…
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘=’, expecting ‘)’ in /home/visit30/public_html/
   wp/wp-content/plugins/wp-e-commerce/wpsc-includes/category.functions.php on line
   238
 * Any suggestions on how to get it back up and running? Thanks.

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 *  [riddik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riddik/)
 * (@riddik)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-from-wp-e-commerce/#post-2086942)
 * Did you ever figure this out? I’m having the exact same problem. I just can’t
   get WP e-Commerce to activate.
 *  Thread Starter [ricky352](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricky352/)
 * (@ricky352)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-from-wp-e-commerce/#post-2086943)
 * I actually did. Turns out that my host did not have PHP5 which is required for
   this plugin to work. You’ll either have to change hosts or redirect the ecommerce
   side of it to a new site on a new host that has PHP5.
 *  [riddik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riddik/)
 * (@riddik)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-from-wp-e-commerce/#post-2086946)
 * My host is running PHP5 and I’m still encountering this problem. My search for
   this problem continues.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [riddik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riddik/)
 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-from-wp-e-commerce/#post-2086946)
 * Status: not resolved

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