Title: Reactivate Error
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Reactivate Error

 *  Resolved [Macroi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macroi/)
 * (@macroi)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reactivate-error/)
 * I could not reactivate the plugin after the new 2.9.8
 * **Parse error**: syntax error, unexpected ‘:’ in ~**/public_html/wp-content/plugins/
   ninja-forms/includes/display/upgrade-functions.php** on line **83**
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/)

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 *  [maximgrachev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximgrachev/)
 * (@maximgrachev)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reactivate-error/#post-6015520)
 * Same error I get. I cannot understand the line 83 either, so I don’t know if 
   deactivating (commenting) would help anything, or break more stuff…
 * `$f_id = $f_id ?: nf_insert_object( ‘form’, $form[‘id’] );
 * I just hope they find a solution fast!!
 *  [maximgrachev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximgrachev/)
 * (@maximgrachev)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reactivate-error/#post-6015526)
 * I found a solution, but I don’t know if it is the optimal, or what…
 * I found the code under Github from version 2.9.7 for the same part, and just 
   substituted, reactivated, and it worked… for now I’ll cross fingers that they
   get out a new update with the REAL fix… anyways:
 * 2.9.8 (BAD, error!):
 * `$f_id = $f_id ?: nf_insert_object( 'form', $form['id'] );`
 * 2.9.7 (Fixed):
 * `$f_id = isset ( $f_id ) ? $f_id : nf_insert_object( 'form', $form['id'] );`
 *  Thread Starter [Macroi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macroi/)
 * (@macroi)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reactivate-error/#post-6015537)
 * It seems that version 2.9.9 has just fix this.
 * I could not not even uninstall, suddenly appeared a new update and everything
   is back to normal.
 *  Plugin Author [Kevin Stover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kstover/)
 * (@kstover)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reactivate-error/#post-6015568)
 * This was a problem with PHP versions and short-hand in ternary operators. This
   has been fixed in 2.9.9 and up.
 *  Thread Starter [Macroi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macroi/)
 * (@macroi)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reactivate-error/#post-6015579)
 * thanks mate.

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reactivate-error/#post-6015579)
 * Status: resolved