Title: Error in debug.log file
Last modified: July 30, 2020

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# Error in debug.log file

 *  Resolved [aldemarcalazans](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aldemarcalazans/)
 * (@aldemarcalazans)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-debug-log-file-2/)
 * Hi. I caught this error, after installed your plugin:
 * [30-Jul-2020 19:35:07 UTC] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘.’, expecting‘,’
   or ‘;’ in /var/www/html-internet-3/wp-content/plugins/simple-file-list/includes/
   ee-class.php on line 34

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 *  Plugin Author [Mitchell Bennis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eemitch/)
 * (@eemitch)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-debug-log-file-2/#post-13192356)
 * I’m not able to reproduce this, and I see no syntax error in the code. There 
   is a dot preceding a line break here, in the middle of a long property declaration.
   That should not be a problem tho.
 * What Server / PHP are you running?
 *  Thread Starter [aldemarcalazans](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aldemarcalazans/)
 * (@aldemarcalazans)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-debug-log-file-2/#post-13196404)
 * It seems to be a limitation of PHP 5.5, which is the version installed in my 
   server: before PHP 5.6.0, you could not declare a class member variable using
   concatenations, according to:
    [https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.properties.php](https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.properties.php)
   This subject was also related on these posts: [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37988721/string-concatenation-with-constants](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37988721/string-concatenation-with-constants)
   [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21941824/class-variable-declaration](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21941824/class-variable-declaration)
   As it results in a fatal error (my browser’s window became completely white),
   I suggest you the following modification in line 34: `public $eeNotifyMessageDefault
   = "Greetings,\r\nYou should know that a file has been uploaded to your website.\
   r\n[file-list]\r\n";` I did that and could install your plugin afterwards.
 *  Plugin Author [Mitchell Bennis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eemitch/)
 * (@eemitch)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-debug-log-file-2/#post-13196498)
 * Okay, that makes sense. Unfortunately, I can’t fix this for you. Please update
   your PHP to a version supported by WordPress.
 * Alternatively, you can keep the fix on your side and either rename the plugin
   or don’t update it.

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