Title: Fatal error, unexpected '{'
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Fatal error, unexpected '{'

 *  Resolved [matthewsmaynard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matthewsmaynard/)
 * (@matthewsmaynard)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-unexpected/)
 * Downloaded, installed, tried to activate, got this message:
 * >  Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
   >  Parse error:
   > syntax error, unexpected ‘{‘ in /usr/local/pem/vhosts/237480/webspace/siteapps/
   > 96784/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/wordsocial/wordsocial.php on line 319
 * I didn’t edit the file before or after uploading it. The { is at the beginning
   of a try-catch statement, and has a matching } in the right place.

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 *  Plugin Author [Tommy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akisbis/)
 * (@akisbis)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-unexpected/#post-2155709)
 * What’s your PHP Version on your hosting service ? Is it PHP5 ? Because WordSocial
   needs PHP5.
 *  Thread Starter [matthewsmaynard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matthewsmaynard/)
 * (@matthewsmaynard)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-unexpected/#post-2155835)
 * Yup, that’s it. PHP 4.4.9. Doh.

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 * Last reply from: [matthewsmaynard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matthewsmaynard/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-unexpected/#post-2155835)
 * Status: resolved