Title: [Plugin: AddThis] Parse error / syntax error Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # [Plugin: AddThis] Parse error / syntax error * Resolved [ljmac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ljmac/) * (@ljmac) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/) * Hi, * Whe I try to activate this plugin in WordPress 2.6.5, I get the following error: * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or ‘}’ in /wp-content/plugins/addthis/addthis_social_widget.php on line 35 * Also, does it have a feature to allow you to disable it on certain pages yet? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 25 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/page/2/?output_format=md) * [journauto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/journauto/) * (@journauto) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-939273) * This also happened to me after updating to the latest version (1.5 I believe). I’ve disabled this plugin until a fix is available. Can anyone help? * Thread Starter [ljmac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ljmac/) * (@ljmac) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-939307) * Oh yes, I forgot to mention that – I’m talking about version 1.5 (earlier versions don’t produce this error). * [golan7m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/golan7m/) * (@golan7m) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-939438) * I have the same error…………. (( * [cxoadvisor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cxoadvisor/) * (@cxoadvisor) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-939440) * I get this error using version 1.5 of the plugin and WordPress 2.7/ * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or ‘}’ in /homepages/44/d92908046/htdocs/cxoblog/wp-content/plugins/ addthis/addthis_social_widget.php on line 35 * [_mjk_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_mjk_/) * (@_mjk_) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-939486) * Hey, so sorry guys! This is Matt from AddThis. We wrote this for PHP 5 only, not PHP 4. However, it seems like despite the official end-of-lifing last year, it’s still one of the most dominant flavors, so we’re going to make a backport soon. Sorry for the trouble! * Best, Matt * [wordpresspodcast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresspodcast/) * (@wordpresspodcast) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-939498) * _mjk_, * May we have a link to the older version to use until the backport is available? * [_mjk_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_mjk_/) * (@_mjk_) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-939526) * Our older plugin also only supported PHP 5, unfortunately. But I ported it over the holiday and we’ll be formally testing it in PHP4 this week. * Best, Matt * [_mjk_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_mjk_/) * (@_mjk_) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-939531) * Okay, the PHP4 version has been added to the plugin zip in its own special /php4 directory. It seemed okay in our local testing — can one of you PHP 4 users try it out and let me know? * Best, Matt * [journauto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/journauto/) * (@journauto) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-939532) * It activated for me in 2.6.2. Working fine. Thank you. * [haroldf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haroldf/) * (@haroldf) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-939533) * I click the button and get a page full of icons with this headline: “Bookmark& Share” When I click an icon (I’ve tried several), I get a page like this one: [http://www.addthis.com/ask](http://www.addthis.com/ask), with this text: * “Sorry, the page you were trying to get to, ask, doesn’t exist. Since you came from one of our own pages, we must have a bad link. Yikes! We’ll correct this ASAP.” * This behavior occurred with the Addit WordPress plugin from the php4 subdirectory, as downloaded a few minutes ago. (The default version results in the “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING…” mess.) * I’ve tried this with two WordPress installations, versions 2.7 and 2.6.3. * Not good. * [haroldf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haroldf/) * (@haroldf) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-939534) * Problem identified: I suggest that you change the “Sorry…” message to suggest that Javascript must be enabled (for Addthis.com; the Noscript Firefox plugin can block it). * [_mjk_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_mjk_/) * (@_mjk_) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-939535) * Oh, interesting. Unrelated to the plugin itself, but we’ll look into changing that — the bookmark page ought to support JavaScriptless environments. * I’ll also note in the readme that JavaScript is required. * Thread Starter [ljmac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ljmac/) * (@ljmac) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-939543) * Yep, the PHP4 version does work! * However, in common with the old drop down version of the plug-in, it has a bizarre problem – the second post on each page disappears! * This problem goes away if I dsiable the drop-down menu, but I’d really like to use the drop-down menu if possible. * I am using WordPress 2.6.5, with the Tarski 2.3 theme. * [_mjk_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_mjk_/) * (@_mjk_) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-939545) * Hm, does the problem occur if you use the default theme? * Thread Starter [ljmac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ljmac/) * (@ljmac) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-939547) * Sorry, I already reverted back to 1.0 before trying that! * What I did find though is that if I reload the page in my browser, the post can sometimes reappear. Or sometimes more of them can disappear! * I’ve also found that it doesn’t happen in all browsers – I use Mac OS 9, so my browsers are all pretty old. Mozilla 1.3 (the latest version for my OS) has the problem, but Internet Explorer doesn’t. * Perhaps it is just some JavaScript issue or something with old browsers – I would be intrigued to learn if anyone else has experienced the same problem. A very strange one to be sure! Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 25 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘[Plugin: AddThis] Parse error / syntax error’ is closed to new replies. * 25 replies * 9 participants * Last reply from: [willee10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willee10/) * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-parse-error-syntax-error/page/2/#post-939694) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics