PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘print’ (T_PRINT)

datainterlock
(@datainterlock)

1 year, 7 months ago
[12-Oct-2021 03:42:16 UTC] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘print’ (T_PRINT), expecting identifier (T_STRING) in /wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/admin/includes/welcome-panel.php on line 9

My crc checking plugin found 3 new error logs this morning in admin, admin/user and admin network. They all contained the line above. Normally I don’t log into this site more than once a month or so. It’s a static. Tried to log into the site and couldn’t because the login page crashed.

There has been a critical error on this website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.

FTP’d into the account, removed cf7. Went into cpanel and realized the site was still on php 5.6. Upgraded to 7.4, uploaded cf7 and it appears to work.

Is upgrading to 7.4 important? Sure. Crashing the admin login when you don’t? Not so much.

I’m just guessing there was some automatic update of the plugin this morning.
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Thread Starter datainterlock
(@datainterlock)

1 year, 7 months ago

And confirmed. This was the result of an automatic update.

– Contact Form 7 (from version 5.4.2 to 5.5.1)
vedderpress
(@vedderpress)

1 year, 7 months ago
I have had this exact same problem. I tried to update the plugin then all went wrong.

Still cant log into my site backend. Showing the above critical error.
I have disabled plugins through cpanel file manager and also myphp.

But still the same problem, how do I fix this?

I’ve removed the cf7 plugin folder via FTP but still get the below when trying to access wordpress dashboard……

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘print’ (T_PRINT), expecting identifier (T_STRING) in /var/sites/w/public_html/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/admin/includes/welcome-panel.php on line 9
There has been a critical error on this website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.
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- This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by vedderpress.
nampara17
(@nampara17)

1 year, 7 months ago

Like a lot of other people… getting same error!

LMurta
(@lmurta)

1 year, 7 months ago

Version 5.5.1 | By Takayuki Miyoshi | View details

This plugin failed to load properly and is paused during recovery mode.

An error of type E_PARSE was caused in line 9 of the file /home2/oexpr810/public_html/dippro/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/admin/includes/welcome-panel.php. Error message: syntax error, unexpected ‘print’ (T_PRINT), expecting identifier (T_STRING)

Dreich
(@dreich)

1 year, 7 months ago

The same error. Waiting for a fix.
Probably, print is a reserved word in PHP (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11266555/syntax-error-unexpected-t-print-expecting-t-string/11266571)

Dreich
(@dreich)

1 year, 7 months ago

Renaming function name on line 9 to public function _print() and on line 223 to $column->_print(); seemingly fixes the issue.

LMurta
(@lmurta)

1 year, 7 months ago

Solved by upgrading PHP to 7.4

mlemmo
(@mlemmo)

1 year, 7 months ago

I would hope the official fix will work with earlier versions of PHP
@dreich, that works!
domikaj
(@domikaj)

1 year, 7 months ago
I have had the same problem since yesterday. I am going to try renaming function on line 9.

@dreich it works! Thank You
- This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by domikaj.
Dreich
(@dreich)

1 year, 7 months ago

Hopefully, developers will rename the function for the next plugin update.

—Q—
(@-q--1)

1 year, 7 months ago

+1 Same error.

Ovidiu
(@ovidiu)

1 year, 7 months ago

@dreich thanks for the quick fix renaming that function!
admorrow
(@admorrow)

1 year, 7 months ago
Thanks for the solution and explanation, @dreich!

“Probably, print is a reserved word in PHP”

In file welcome-panel.php:
- Line 9: Rename function to public function _print()
- Line 223: Rename to $column->_print();
- This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by admorrow.
suvadesign
(@suvadesign)

1 year, 7 months ago

@admorrow this may be a stupid question but when I look into the plugins/contact-form-7/includes/ folder using FTP I don’t see the welcome-panel.php file. How did you access it?

mwhitney9
(@mwhitney9)

1 year, 7 months ago

@suvadesign welcome-panel.php is within the /wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/admin/includes folder