https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/fatal-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugin Gravity Support Forums Topic: [resolved] fatal error when trying to activate plugin en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:56:56 +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-trying-to-activate-plugin#post-6747 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:36:00 +0000 lklotsche 6747@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>fingers crossed! :) </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/fatal-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugin#post-6746 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:34:58 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 6746@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You're very welcome. Maybe AFTER you get it all set up your life will be easier. Let's hope. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/fatal-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugin#post-6745 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:32:08 +0000 lklotsche 6745@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>ok, haha, i will try this out. everything I am doing to make my life easier with a content managed site is actually making life full of may steps. hopefully this will work, thanks for your help. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/fatal-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugin#post-6744 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:18:55 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 6744@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>It's your PHP version.. you're still using PHP4. Make sure your hosting environment is set to PHP5. You can usually enable this in your hosting panel, but you man need to contact your webhost for instructions on how to change it. That should get you rolling.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/frequently-asked-questions/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/frequently-asked-questions/</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/fatal-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugin#post-6743 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:09:12 +0000 lklotsche 6743@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I have wordpress 3.0 and I purchsed the gravity forms plug in today... it wouldnt install from the wordpress form, so I installed it manually in the proper plugins folder in my ftp, and then it showed up in my plug ins directory on wordpress, and when I try to activate it i get a "fatal error" message </p> <p>(Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /homepages/8/d184631659/htdocs/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/gravityforms.php on line 46)</p> <p>I erased it off my ftp all together and re downloaded it from the link i received in my email when I purchased it, and again, same thing. </p>