Title: Parse error: syntax error after your update Last modified: August 6, 2018 --- # Parse error: syntax error after your update * Resolved [mickyali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mickyali/) * (@mickyali) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/) * Hi, * My website is broken after your last update. Here is what I get: * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘)’, expecting :: (T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM) in /wp-content/plugins/siteorigin-panels/siteorigin-panels.php on line 70 * How can I resolve this issue? * Thanks in advance Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 20 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Support [Andrew Misplon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misplon/) * (@misplon) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/#post-10564420) * Hi [@mickyali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mickyali/) * Thanks for posting. We’re reviewing the error right now and will update you as soon as we know more. Sorry for the hassle, it didn’t come up during testing. * [GTEdwards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gtedwards/) * (@gtedwards) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/#post-10564448) * Exact same error. Following. * Plugin Support [Andrew Misplon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misplon/) * (@misplon) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/#post-10564468) * Working it right now. One option is to contact your hosts, ask them if they can up your PHP version from 5 to 7. * [jenellen99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenellen99/) * (@jenellen99) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/#post-10564471) * Same issue – host disabled the siteorigin.panels feature – but now my layout is screwed – please help! * Plugin Support [Andrew Misplon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misplon/) * (@misplon) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/#post-10564476) * [@jenellen99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenellen99/) if you’re in contact with your hosts, this is the perfect time to ask them to switch you to WordPress recommended PHP 7. Any version of PHP 7. * Plugin Support [Andrew Misplon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misplon/) * (@misplon) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/#post-10564496) * Hi everyone, sincere apologies for the hassle. There are two ways to resolve: * 1. If you have FTP or Hosting File Manager access, go to `/wp-content/plugins/` and delete the `siteorigin-panels` folder. 2. Go to Plugins > Add New and re- install Page Builder in WordPress. We’ve rolled back the stable tag so you’ll be downloading the previous version. * OR * Contact your hosts or use cPanel or similar access and increase your PHP version to anything in version 7. * The error you’re seeing happens only in older versions of PHP 5 which we missed in testing. That’s completely on us but it would be awesome if you ran a higher version of PHP. PHP 7 is recommended for WordPress. * Plugin Support [Andrew Misplon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misplon/) * (@misplon) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/#post-10564558) * How’s it coming along everyone? [@mickyali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mickyali/), [@gtedwards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gtedwards/), [@jenellen99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenellen99/) any progress? * Thread Starter [mickyali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mickyali/) * (@mickyali) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/#post-10564570) * Hi Andrew [@misplon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misplon/) * Indeed, after updating to PHP 7 everything is back to normal. * Thank you for the fast reply and have a great day! * Plugin Support [Andrew Misplon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misplon/) * (@misplon) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/#post-10564586) * Super, really glad to hear all is back to normal. Really sorry for the hassle! Thanks for the update. * Everyone else, Alex and I are standing by to assist. * [yfrancisco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yfrancisco/) * (@yfrancisco) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/#post-10564943) * Fixed the same issue by upgrading to PHP 7 on Hostgator. Anyone going through this look up how you can upgrade your website’s PHP. It only took me a few seconds. * Plugin Support [Andrew Misplon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misplon/) * (@misplon) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/#post-10564949) * Hi [@yfrancisco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yfrancisco/), thanks for reaching out. Really glad to hear you were able to quickly resolve. Sorry for the hassle. The upgrade to PHP 7+ will help avoid various other potential challenges with plugins and themes in the future. All the best. * [GTEdwards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gtedwards/) * (@gtedwards) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/#post-10565558) * Will I lose any page formatting if I delete the siteorigin-panels folder and re-install? * Plugin Contributor [alexgso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexgso/) * (@alexgso) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/#post-10565868) * Hi gtedwards, * No. Temporarily emoving SiteOrigin page Builder will not cause any data loss. It should be noted that your site may appear differently during the duration of the reinstall process. * [GTEdwards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gtedwards/) * (@gtedwards) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/#post-10567589) * Thanks. I assumed that to be the case. * Plugin Support [Andrew Misplon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misplon/) * (@misplon) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/#post-10567688) * Please, let us know how it goes 🙂 Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 20 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Parse error: syntax error after your update’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/siteorigin-panels/assets/icon.svg?rev=2556869) * [Page Builder by SiteOrigin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/siteorigin-panels/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/siteorigin-panels/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/siteorigin-panels/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/siteorigin-panels/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/siteorigin-panels/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/siteorigin-panels/reviews/) ## Tags * [parse-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parse-error/) * [syntax error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/syntax-error/) * [update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/update/) * 20 replies * 6 participants * Last reply from: [Andrew Misplon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misplon/) * Last activity: [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-after-your-update/page/2/#post-10576073) * Status: resolved