Title: Fatal Error When Activating Plugin
Last modified: November 8, 2016

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# Fatal Error When Activating Plugin

 *  Resolved [sherissedw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sherissedw/)
 * (@sherissedw)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-30/)
 * I’m getting this error when I’m trying to download Apple News. I had to undownload
   it because it broke my site, but when I go to download it again and activate 
   it I get this error.
 * Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home2/faithgla/public_html/
   wp-content/plugins/publish-to-apple-news/apple-news.php on line 44

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 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-30/#post-8410987)
 * What PHP version are you running? If you don’t know the answer to this question,
   please check with your web host.
 * Thanks.
 *  [ericamho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericamho/)
 * (@ericamho)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-30/#post-8411844)
 * This same exact error is also occurring for me.
 * This is the PHP version I am running.
    PHP Version 5.2.17
 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-30/#post-8411862)
 * The plugin docs clearly state that PHP 5.3.6 is the minimum supported version.
   Support for PHP 5.2 in general ended almost six years ago so you should probably
   ask your web host to upgrade.
 * Unfortunately there’s nothing we can do for you.
 *  Thread Starter [sherissedw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sherissedw/)
 * (@sherissedw)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-30/#post-8411875)
 * I am on 5.4.43
 *  Thread Starter [sherissedw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sherissedw/)
 * (@sherissedw)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-30/#post-8411876)
 * I am on 5.4.43.
 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-30/#post-8411886)
 * That seems unlikely because this is the line of code you’re getting an error 
   on:
 * `$settings = new Apple_Exporter\Settings;`
 * That is using PHP namespaces which are supported in PHP 5.3 and up. So either
   that’s not the right version or your web host is misleading you. Please follow
   up with them again on this subject.
 * Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [sherissedw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sherissedw/)
 * (@sherissedw)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-30/#post-8411903)
 * What do I have my web host do? I contacted them and showed them the same text
   and they said that it was something the plugin support needed to fix.
 *  Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * (@potatomaster)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-30/#post-8525299)
 * Unfortunately we can’t help you here. It’s clear that your web host is running
   an unsupported version of PHP and we can’t alter the plugin to accommodate that.

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 * 8 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-activating-plugin-30/#post-8525299)
 * Status: resolved