Title: PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘:’, expecting ‘;’ or ‘{‘ Last modified: February 21, 2023 --- # PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘:’, expecting ‘;’ or ‘{‘ * [timsu2009](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timsu2009/) * (@timsu2009) * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-expecting-or/) * There was a PHP error in user-role-editor/includes/classes/base-lib.php on line 119 when our hosting PHP version updated from v5.6 to v7.3. Can you fix it? Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * Plugin Author [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/) * (@shinephp) * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-expecting-or/#post-16542075) * Hi, * PHP 7.3 is still quite old. You may use this quick fix – remove ‘string’ type definition from the line #119. Replace: * `public static function filter_string_polyfill(string $string): string {` * with * `public static function filter_string_polyfill( $string ) {` Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) The topic ‘PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘:’, expecting ‘;’ or ‘{‘’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/user-role-editor/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1020390) * [User Role Editor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-role-editor/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-role-editor/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-role-editor/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-role-editor/reviews/) * 1 reply * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/) * Last activity: [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-expecting-or/#post-16542075) * Status: not resolved