Title: [Plugin: MailChimp Widget] Parse Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: MailChimp Widget] Parse Error

 *  Resolved [lpleva1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lpleva1/)
 * (@lpleva1)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailchimp-widget-parse-error/)
 * Whenever I try to active your plugin, I get the following error message:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘{‘ in /nfs/c05/h03/mnt/74736/domains/moneythink.
   org/html/wp-content/plugins/mailchimp-widget/mailchimp-widget.php on line 40
 * I am using WordPress 3.0.5.
 * Any ideas what’s wrong?

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 *  Plugin Author [jameslafferty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jameslafferty/)
 * (@jameslafferty)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailchimp-widget-parse-error/#post-1926553)
 * Hi lpleva1,
 * Which version of the plugin are you using? In the most recent version, line 40
   is part of a try {} catch () {} block. If you’re using that version, I’d suspect
   that the culprit is your version of PHP. If you could also tell me which version
   of PHP you’re using, we can maybe figure out whether that’s the issue.
 * Cheers,
 * J.
 *  Plugin Author [jameslafferty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jameslafferty/)
 * (@jameslafferty)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailchimp-widget-parse-error/#post-1926813)
 * Hi lpleva1,
 * Per [this post](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailchimp-widget-error-on-activation?replies=2#post-1984235)
   from Mythobeast, the issue is resolved when you upgrade PHP from 4 to 5.
 * I’m going to mark this as resolved.
 * Cheers,
 * James

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 * Last reply from: [jameslafferty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jameslafferty/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailchimp-widget-parse-error/#post-1926813)
 * Status: resolved