Title: Installation problem PHP error
Last modified: March 21, 2017

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# Installation problem PHP error

 *  [bartom34](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartom34/)
 * (@bartom34)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problem-php-error/)
 * Hi Guys,
 * I can’t use your awesome plugin because I am getting this error message when 
   I am trying to install it.
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /home/beertime/www/wp-content/plugins/
   anspress-question-answer/anspress-question-answer.php on line 726
 * My wordpress installation is running with 5.6 version of PHP.
 * How could I fix that ?
 * Cheers!

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 *  Plugin Author [Rahul Aryan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nerdaryan/)
 * (@nerdaryan)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problem-php-error/#post-8937319)
 * Hello,
 * This is because you are using an older version of PHP. Please upgrade your PHP
   to version recommended by WordPress.
    You can request your host to upgrade your
   PHP.
 * Cheers.
 *  Thread Starter [bartom34](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartom34/)
 * (@bartom34)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problem-php-error/#post-8937939)
 * Hi Nerdaryan,
 * PHP 5.6 is not enough?
 * I have seen you recommend 5.5 minimum for the plugin.
 *  Plugin Author [Rahul Aryan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nerdaryan/)
 * (@nerdaryan)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problem-php-error/#post-8938241)
 * Disable AnsPress and then add this to you theme’s functions.php:
 * `$a = ['one' => 1, 'two' => 2, 'three' => 3, 'four' => 4]`
 * If you see same error then your server don’t support short array syntax.
 *  Thread Starter [bartom34](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartom34/)
 * (@bartom34)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problem-php-error/#post-8939570)
 * My bad, it works awesome now than I upgraded to PHP 5.6 😉

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 * Last reply from: [bartom34](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartom34/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problem-php-error/#post-8939570)
 * Status: not resolved