Title: Parse Error after 1.3 installation — plugin broken. Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Parse Error after 1.3 installation — plugin broken. * Resolved [AFOdom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afodom/) * (@afodom) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-13-installation-plugin-broken/) * I updated the Simple Subscribe plug-in to v1.3. I am using WordPress v3.9.1. Like many others, I am getting the following error instead of the subscription form: * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in _(personaldataremoved)_/wp-content/ plugins/simple-subscribe/libs/SimpleSubscribe/Frontend.php on line 49 * If the fix isn’t incoming soon, is there a way to revert the update? * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-subscribe/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-subscribe/) Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [czeller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/czeller/) * (@czeller) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-13-installation-plugin-broken/#post-4979309) * Same here- hoping for resolution- * [morgainebrigid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morgainebrigid/) * (@morgainebrigid) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-13-installation-plugin-broken/#post-4979458) * Me three! I really need this to work. Please fix it. * Plugin Author [tanaylakhani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tanaylakhani/) * (@tanaylakhani) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-13-installation-plugin-broken/#post-4979503) * Hi, * Do you still receive the error after the recent update? * Thread Starter [AFOdom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afodom/) * (@afodom) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-13-installation-plugin-broken/#post-4979504) * I’m in the middle of a web hop writing event, so I won’t be testing any updates until it’s over. I can’t afford to have a fail and deal with the roll back. Maybe others will have time to test it. * Plugin Author [tanaylakhani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tanaylakhani/) * (@tanaylakhani) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-13-installation-plugin-broken/#post-4979505) * Okay. Others can shed some light on issues you face after recent update. If you still get, please let us know. * A quick fix would be: find this line $email = $form->getValues()[’email’]; * Change that to $email = $form->getValues()->email; * [morgainebrigid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morgainebrigid/) * (@morgainebrigid) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-13-installation-plugin-broken/#post-4979506) * Installed the update. Still got an error: * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /home/u420523890/public_html/wp- content/plugins/simple-subscribe/libs/SimpleSubscribe/Frontend.php on line 55 * However, I tried the quick fix posted above and it worked fine. * Plugin Author [tanaylakhani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tanaylakhani/) * (@tanaylakhani) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-13-installation-plugin-broken/#post-4979507) * Tried the above fix? * [eszter-maura](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eszter-maura/) * (@eszter-maura) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-13-installation-plugin-broken/#post-4979513) * Dear tanaylakhani, I had the same issue and tried the fix you proposed. Now I get this error: “Fatal error: Namespace declaration statement has to be the very first statement in the script in /home/[personal/data]/wp-content/plugins/ SimpleSubscribe/libs/SimpleSubscribe/Frontend.php on line 12” * I checked line 12 and that is indeed the very first thing after the opening php tag and some /*remarks * Can you help me with wht I’m doing wrong? I’d really like to get this work, could not find anything as a substitute. * my site: eszter-maura.tk * Plugin Author [tanaylakhani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tanaylakhani/) * (@tanaylakhani) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-13-installation-plugin-broken/#post-4979514) * Hi [@eszter-maura](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eszter-maura/) * namespace should be the first statement in the file. Please check and remove any white spaces after the comment line or before the comment starts * [eszter-maura](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eszter-maura/) * (@eszter-maura) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-after-13-installation-plugin-broken/#post-4979519) * Hi tanayakhani, I tried what you say took out some spaces, but it still does not work. this is the EM: “Fatal error: Namespace declaration statement has to be the very first statement in the script in /home/eszham/eszter-maura.tk/wp- content/plugins/simple-subscribe/libs/SimpleSubscribe/Frontend.php on line 10” * and the first 11 lines: * ```