Title: fatal error
Last modified: March 7, 2019

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# fatal error

 *  Resolved [webgalway](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webgalway/)
 * (@webgalway)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-3153/)
 * Tried installing this on a website this morning but got the following error..
 * Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in ../wp-content/plugins/directorist/
   includes/helper-functions.php on line 2067

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 *  [aazztech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aazztech/)
 * (@aazztech)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-3153/#post-11286904)
 * The error you faced is because you are using an extremely old version of PHP.
   Specifically speaking, you are using a PHP version less which is less than 5.4.
   Our plugin works with the PHP version 5.4 or higher. Using an older version of
   PHP is extremely risky. So, We highly recommend you upgrade your PHP version 
   to the latest version. Or at least upgrade to the PHP 5.4 version.
 * If you do not know how to upgrade the PHP version, then you can contact your 
   hosting provider and very hopefully, they will do it very fast and for free.
 *  Thread Starter [webgalway](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webgalway/)
 * (@webgalway)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-3153/#post-11288039)
 * hello thanks for the information, you are right it was version 5.4 which I upgraded
   to version 7. Great support on here, one of the fastest I have seen, thanks again..

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 * Last reply from: [webgalway](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webgalway/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-3153/#post-11288039)
 * Status: resolved