https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin Gravity Support Forums Topic: Fatal error when activating plugin en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:28:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin#post-12703 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:06:59 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 12703@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>This error typically happens because of a PHP version conflict.</p> <p><code>Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or &#39;}&#39; in /.../../../wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/gravityforms.php on line..</code></p> <p>Gravity Forms requires PHP5+ and judging from this error you are probably trying to activate the plugin on a site running PHP4. Check with your web host and make sure you have PHP5 enabled.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/frequently-asked-questions/#faq_installation" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/frequently-asked-questions/#faq_installation</a></p> <p><a href="http://forum.gravityhelp.com/search.php?q=unexpected+T_STRING" rel="nofollow">http://forum.gravityhelp.com/search.php?q=unexpected+T_STRING</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin#post-12701 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:08:51 +0000 dveiga 12701@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I have the latest 1.4.5 version and am trying to activate the plugin but I get the following error:</p> <p>Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.</p> <p>Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /home/content/m/6/j/m6johnson/html/npc/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/gravityforms.php on line 59</p> <p>This is on a new wordpress install </p>