Title: parse error Last modified: November 20, 2020 --- # parse error * Resolved [dideto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dideto/) * (@dideto) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-536/) * Hello, In my log I see this error PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘:’, expecting ‘{‘ in /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/woocommerce.php on line 56 * PHP 7.4 WP Version: 5.5.3 WC Version: 4.7.0 * How to fix problem? * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fparse-error-536%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Plugin Support [Riaan K.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riaanknoetze/) * (@riaanknoetze) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-536/#post-13686721) * Hi there, * Just to check – Did you recently update to a new version of WooCommerce? have you made any changes to the woocommerce.php file? I’m asking as the line being referenced in your error report has been around for 5 months already 🙂 * See: [https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/blame/a5a109ccbeb69e01dde40294d366a9e0915860b6/woocommerce.php#L56](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/blame/a5a109ccbeb69e01dde40294d366a9e0915860b6/woocommerce.php#L56) * Thread Starter [dideto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dideto/) * (@dideto) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-536/#post-13686751) * Thank you for fast answer. This is new instalation. Everything is up to date. I never make changes in plugin files. Now I open my woocommerce.php and I can see just the same code in line 56 like in github * Plugin Support [Riaan K.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riaanknoetze/) * (@riaanknoetze) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-536/#post-13686823) * Hmmm, can you share a copy of your status report found under **WooCommerce > Status**? Have you already ruled out conflicts by doing a [conflict test](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/how-to-test-for-conflicts/)? * Thread Starter [dideto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dideto/) * (@dideto) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-536/#post-13686855) * ``` ### WordPress Environment ### WordPress address (URL): https://oak-house-sign.co.uk Site address (URL): https://oak-house-sign.co.uk WC Version: 4.7.0 REST API Version: ✔ 4.7.0 WC Blocks Version: ✔ 3.6.0 Action Scheduler Version: ✔ 3.1.6 WC Admin Version: ✔ 1.6.3 Log Directory Writable: ✔ WP Version: 5.5.3 WP Multisite: – WP Memory Limit: 256 MB WP Debug Mode: – WP Cron: ✔ Language: en_US External object cache: – ### Server Environment ### Server Info: LiteSpeed PHP Version: 7.4.9 PHP Post Max Size: 64 MB PHP Time Limit: 300 PHP Max Input Vars: 3000 cURL Version: 7.62.0 OpenSSL/1.0.2k SUHOSIN Installed: – MySQL Version: 5.5.5-10.3.22-MariaDB-log-cll-lve Max Upload Size: 64 MB 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Because if you faced a syntax error in the main WooCommerce file and WC was active, you wouldn’t be able to visit any WordPress page on your website. * Therefore, I think you can ignore this error, unless it appears again. * Hope it helps! - This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by [Peter Fabian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterfabian1000/). * Thread Starter [dideto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dideto/) * (@dideto) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-536/#post-13687290) * Thank you! This is new hosting account, with fresh WP and Woo instalation. So i think problem is not old version from earlier. OK I will ignore * Plugin Contributor [Peter Fabian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterfabian1000/) * (@peterfabian1000) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-536/#post-13687636) * If this is a new hosting account, then I would encourage you to check with your hosting company. You can tell them that you are seeing syntax error messages in the logs for return type declarations in PHP and they should be able to check if everything is in order. We test our code on PHP 7.0 – 8.0 on different environments from Windows to Linux to MacOS and haven’t seen this error yet, so it seems unlikely that it would be a problem with WooCommerce. * Another option would be that the code was corrupted somehow (e.g. incomplete installation), but since your site works now, I think the syntax error can’t be happening anymore, otherwise, you would just see an error message/blank screen. * If you find out more, please let us know. Thanks! - This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by [Peter Fabian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterfabian1000/). 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