Title: Plugin activation error
Last modified: January 8, 2018

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# Plugin activation error

 *  Resolved [Uffe Fey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpkonsulent/)
 * (@wpkonsulent)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-error-21/)
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in /var/www/vhosts/redacted/
   httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/disable-json-api/classes/disable-rest-api.php on 
   line 86

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 *  Plugin Author [Dave McHale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmchale/)
 * (@dmchale)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-error-21/#post-9844517)
 * Hi [@wpkonsulent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpkonsulent/)
 * You’ll need to upgrade PHP on your website to version 5.3 or higher, that error
   is thrown on sites running very old versions of PHP (5.2 or below). The plugin
   has a minimum version requirement, as listed in the right bar of the plugin page.
   [https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-json-api/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-json-api/)
 * Good luck!

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 * Last reply from: [Dave McHale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmchale/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-error-21/#post-9844517)
 * Status: resolved