Title: Error while activating plugin
Last modified: September 28, 2017

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# Error while activating plugin

 *  Resolved [chandrakantmk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chandrakantmk/)
 * (@chandrakantmk)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-activating-plugin-3/)
 * Hi,
 * I am trying to pull job listings to my WordPress website. I have installed your
   WordPress plugin “CATS Job Listings”. But, when I click on plugin’s “Activate”
   link, the plugin doesn’t activates and it shows the following message which appears
   at the top of Plugins page:
 * Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in /…/wp-content/plugins/cats-
   job-listings/CatsJobListingAdmin.php on line 73
 * Please advice.

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 *  Plugin Author [CATS Applicant Tracking System](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catssoft/)
 * (@catssoft)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-activating-plugin-3/#post-9540109)
 * That’s a typical error if the version of PHP running on your server is too old.
   The plugin will only work with PHP 5.3+. Older version of PHP have not been supported
   for some time and contain security risks. We always recommend upgrading to the
   latest version of PHP when possible.
 *  Thread Starter [chandrakantmk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chandrakantmk/)
 * (@chandrakantmk)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-activating-plugin-3/#post-9543540)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for your reply.
 * The PHP Version on my server is already 5.4.45
 * Screenshot: [https://www.screencast.com/t/XY7ELJCsnsv](https://www.screencast.com/t/XY7ELJCsnsv)
 * Please advice.
 *  Plugin Author [CATS Applicant Tracking System](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catssoft/)
 * (@catssoft)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-activating-plugin-3/#post-9543704)
 * That’s very odd, because that error is definitely regarding functionality that
   every version of PHP 5.3 and newer should have. I just tested the plugin on PHP
   5.4 myself and am not getting that error, as I would expect.
 * I’ll continue to look at possible reasons it wouldn’t be working for you, but
   all signs definitely seem to be pointing to something strange going on with your
   version of PHP. Perhaps, you have multiple versions installed on your server,
   and the wrong one is being used in this case?
 *  Thread Starter [chandrakantmk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chandrakantmk/)
 * (@chandrakantmk)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-activating-plugin-3/#post-9544840)
 * Hi,
 * Yes, there are multiple versions of PHP installed on my server. But the PHP version
   5.4.45 is installed for the WordPress website for which I would like to use this
   plugin.
 * Request you to provide some solution to help me activate this plugin and get 
   rid of that error.
 *  Thread Starter [chandrakantmk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chandrakantmk/)
 * (@chandrakantmk)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-activating-plugin-3/#post-9556809)
 * Hi,
 * The root website’s PHP Version upgrade to 5.4 have fixed this issue.

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/cats-job-listings_44548f.svg)
 * [CATS Job Listings](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cats-job-listings/)
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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [chandrakantmk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chandrakantmk/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-activating-plugin-3/#post-9556809)
 * Status: resolved