Title: Syntax Error when the Plugin is activated
Last modified: September 21, 2018

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# Syntax Error when the Plugin is activated

 *  [femi1632](https://wordpress.org/support/users/femi1632/)
 * (@femi1632)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-when-the-plugin-is-activated-2/)
 * I got the following error when the plugin is activated:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘,’, expecting ‘)’ in /home2/femi1632/public_html/
   wp-includes/pomos/backup/.7f163290.ico(2) : eval()’d code(188) : eval()’d code(
   198) : eval()’d code(299) : eval()’d code on line 75
 * How can I fix it please?
 * Thanks
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsyntax-error-when-the-plugin-is-activated-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Andrew Ozz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azaozz/)
 * (@azaozz)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-when-the-plugin-is-activated-2/#post-10814536)
 * This seems unrelated to this plugin. Not sure what `wp-includes/pomos/backup/`
   is and why an `.ico` file has PHP code in it that needs `eval()`.
 * There is `wp-includes/pomo` directory in WordPress (not `pomos`) and there isn’t
   a `backup` subdirectory there. Looks like an exploit perhaps? Maybe try to reinstall
   WP?
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by [Andrew Ozz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azaozz/).

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