Title: Error activating plugin
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Error activating plugin

 *  [danemanes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danemanes/)
 * (@danemanes)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-activating-plugin-17/)
 * Hi Daniele,
 * any suggestions on this error?
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /var/www/web191/html/staging/wp-
   content/plugins/super-link-preview/super-link-preview.php on line 258
 *  private function shortcodes_url($content) {
 * —–> $urls = [];
    $pattern = get_shortcode_regex();
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/super-link-preview/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/super-link-preview/)

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 *  [tomward](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomward/)
 * (@tomward)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-activating-plugin-17/#post-5602208)
 * I just had the same error using php version 5.3 – I think maybe this is new syntax
   for php 5.4?
 * [http://php.net/manual/en/migration54.new-features.php](http://php.net/manual/en/migration54.new-features.php)
 * I changed that line to be the old-fashioned:
 *  $urls = array();
 * and the plugin now seems to activate for me (haven’t tested if it actually works
   yet…!)
 * Tom

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 * Last reply from: [tomward](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomward/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-activating-plugin-17/#post-5602208)
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