Title: Installer.php error Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Installer.php error * Resolved [jchap59](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jchap59/) * (@jchap59) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installerphp-error-1/) * Hi, Duplicator ver 05.1 * having problems running the installer.php file on a new hosting account (JustHost) Public_HTML dir. * Server is running php ver 5.4 and I’ve changed the permissions to 0777 but keep getting and error message ‘[an error occurred while processing this directive] and when I look at the error log file it states PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /—-/—–/public_html/installer.php on line 2091 * Any ideas gratefully accepted. * Will download the latest dev version and try this but really appreciate any help.. * John C * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/) Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/) * (@corylamleorg) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installerphp-error-1/#post-4610760) * Hey jchap59, * Thanks for the feedback! If you can give the developer version a try it may have your fixes for the issue your seeing. The very latest version (0.5.2) can be found by following these instructions: * -> Browse to [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/duplicator/developers/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/duplicator/developers/) - > Look for the section “Other Versions” -> Click on “Development Version” and download the zip plugin file -> Uninstall your current version and install this one -> Note: This is a development line version so please test in your sandbox first to make sure you have no issues… * Let me know if this solves your issue… * Thanks * Thread Starter [jchap59](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jchap59/) * (@jchap59) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installerphp-error-1/#post-4610764) * Hi * Have tried the latest dev version but still no luck? * I tried the installer and zip package on another JuSTHost account and still had problems – The error message this time was * PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘+=’ (T_PLUS_EQUAL) in /—/—/public_html/ AP_MIGRATION/installer.php on line 49. * Running out of ideas now…. * John C * Thread Starter [jchap59](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jchap59/) * (@jchap59) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installerphp-error-1/#post-4610768) * Hi, * Have uninstalled and re-installed latest dev version and re-built the installer and zip package. Still not working – latest error message = PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VAR in /—-/—–/public_html/installer.php on line 50 * Happy to supply the site location/environment by private email for you to look at to solve this? * Thanks in advance for your help * John C * Thread Starter [jchap59](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jchap59/) * (@jchap59) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installerphp-error-1/#post-4610782) * Hi, * Still trying to get this to work – have tried different encoding format for the installer.php file – still no luck. * Have been in touch with JustHost tech support 7 they cannot see a problem from there side – they have responded * “okay, So looking into the coding here. It looks like it’s trying to process Javascript on line 50. But there is no php function telling to process that. So the script is breaking right there. So that would be the problem.” * Thanks in advance for your help * John C * Thread Starter [jchap59](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jchap59/) * (@jchap59) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installerphp-error-1/#post-4610787) * Hi, * Have now tried deactivating all my plugins and building a new package but still get a blank screen and error message * 14-Feb-2014 02:18:22] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VAR in /—-/—–/ public_html/installer.php on line 50 * Completely stumped now! * john C * Thread Starter [jchap59](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jchap59/) * (@jchap59) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installerphp-error-1/#post-4610799) * Hi, * Have now setup an account with INMotion (recommended hosting) and get the same error message when trying to run installer.php in the public_HTML dir * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VAR in /—/—–/public_html/APLIVE/installer. php on line 50 * So same error on two different hosting suppliers? * John C * [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/) * (@corylamleorg) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installerphp-error-1/#post-4610810) * That is very strange! Go ahead and [submit a support](http://lifeinthegrid.com/support) ticket and I’ll look at it soon… * Thread Starter [jchap59](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jchap59/) * (@jchap59) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installerphp-error-1/#post-4610847) * Hi, * Finally got the installer to work on the InMotion account – I don’t have a good answer why it worked though! The only thing I changed was the browser. i.e. I logged-on to my website with Chrome rather than Firefox and built a new set of packages, downloaded, uploaded to InMotion and bingo! it worked! Could firefox( any browser)cause corruption in the installer.php file? * FYI my firefox version is 27.0.1 * [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/) * (@corylamleorg) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installerphp-error-1/#post-4610859) * Hey Jchap59, * With the various combinations of software involved I guess anything is possible. I have test on pretty much all the latest browsers and never seen an issue like that… I’m not really sure to be honest… * Cheers~ Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Installer.php error’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/duplicator/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2906985) * [Duplicator - Backups & Migration Plugin - Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More](https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/duplicator/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/duplicator/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/duplicator/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/duplicator/reviews/) ## Tags * [installer.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installer-php/) * 9 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/) * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installerphp-error-1/#post-4610859) * Status: resolved