Title: Triggering a ‘fatal error’
Last modified: December 12, 2018

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# Triggering a ‘fatal error’

 *  Resolved [conradb1989](https://wordpress.org/support/users/conradb1989/)
 * (@conradb1989)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/triggering-a-fatal-error-2/)
 * Hi,
 * Updated the plugin this morning and my site crashed – after deactivating the 
   plugin and getting my site up again, I tried to reactivate it and got the following
   message;
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /home/sites/technicalnode.com/public_html/
   wp-content/plugins/food-and-drink-menu/includes/class-blocks.php on line 38
 * Any ideas on what is causing this issue?
 * Thanks

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 *  [NateWr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natewr/)
 * (@natewr)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/triggering-a-fatal-error-2/#post-10977762)
 * Hi @conrad1989,
 * I’m sorry the plugin caused a fatal error for you. This is happening because 
   your web server is using an insecure version of PHP (less than 5.4).
 * I try to avoid these problems as much as possible. But it is no longer easy to
   test my plugins on such old versions of PHP. WordPress itself no longer recommends
   using the older versions.
 * You can reach out to your web host and ask them to upgrade you to PHP 7.1 or 
   higher. They should be able to do that for you.
 * I will put out a new version later today (hopefully) that will fix this issue
   for you, but I’d still encourage you to get onto a new version of PHP. You’re
   likely to find more and more issues with plugins and themes if you don’t move
   now.
 *  [pesiiin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pesiiin/)
 * (@pesiiin)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/triggering-a-fatal-error-2/#post-10977788)
 * same error here 🙁
 *  [pesiiin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pesiiin/)
 * (@pesiiin)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/triggering-a-fatal-error-2/#post-10978279)
 * with 1.6.1 solved, thanx
 *  [NateWr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natewr/)
 * (@natewr)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/triggering-a-fatal-error-2/#post-10978294)
 * Yes, I’ve resolved this issue in v1.6.1, which just went out about an hour ago.
 * I would still strongly encourage you to have your web host upgrade your version
   of PHP. The older versions you are running no longer receive security updates!
 *  Thread Starter [conradb1989](https://wordpress.org/support/users/conradb1989/)
 * (@conradb1989)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/triggering-a-fatal-error-2/#post-10978557)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for the quick response and fix – really appreciate it!
 * And thanks for the PHP info – I will take your advice and look into getting that
   updated.
 * Great service, thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [conradb1989](https://wordpress.org/support/users/conradb1989/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/triggering-a-fatal-error-2/#post-10978557)
 * Status: resolved