Title: Parse error: syntax error | Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Parse error: syntax error | * Resolved [tceriksen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tceriksen/) * (@tceriksen) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-101/) * Hi. I’m having a parse error: syntax error issue on [http://mave-glad.dk](http://mave-glad.dk) when I install the plugin woocommerce-quickpay. I also checked the php version and I should be running PHP version 5.3. I looked for previous versions of woocommerce- quickpay but I was unsuccessful. * I think I have two options here. * 1. Update the php version to 5.4 or 5.5, but will this corrupt other excisting files on my server (I have several domains hosted) * 2. I find and install and older version of woocommerce-quickpay but this will not give me new features or bug fixes in the future. * What should I do? * Best regards, Thomas Eriksen * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-quickpay/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-quickpay/) Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Author [PerfectSolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perfectsolution/) * (@perfectsolution) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-101/#post-5684981) * Hi Thomas, * First of all, could you please tell me the exact, full error message you get when activating the plugin? If I can get the full error message, I should be able to fix any errors and release a new version of the plugin. * Thread Starter [tceriksen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tceriksen/) * (@tceriksen) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-101/#post-5685297) * Hello again. * Sorry for the delay. * The error text I receive is: * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STATIC in /home/teriksen/public_html/ mave-glad.dk/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-quickpay/classes/woocommerce-quickpay- request.php on line 450 * Best regards, THomas * Plugin Author [PerfectSolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perfectsolution/) * (@perfectsolution) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-101/#post-5685298) * Hi Thomas, * Im positive that this error message is related to your webserver running an old version of PHP (Older than 5.3). Please double check that you are actually running at least 5.3 and consider upgrading to an even newer version. * [californiawine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/californiawine/) * (@californiawine) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-101/#post-5685322) * I’m having the EXACT same problem with my website running WooCommerce. I just noticed that Quickpay has been deactivated on the checkout page (it worked perfectly before). When I tried to reactivate it, my whole website crashed and I’ve had to delete the plugin. Is this plugin not compatible with the latest versions of WooCommerce? I’m using version 2.2.11, so not even the latest update which was released a few days ago. * Thanks so much for your attention to this. * Plugin Author [PerfectSolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perfectsolution/) * (@perfectsolution) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-101/#post-5685323) * [@californiawine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/californiawine/) – what version of PHP are you running on your web space? The plugin is compatible with the latest version of WooCommerce, but a PHP version og 5.3 or greater is required. * [californiawine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/californiawine/) * (@californiawine) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-101/#post-5685324) * Thanks for the fast reply! I just checked and I’m not sure. I use Webhosting and wrote them. Will I lose anything by upgrading to PHP5.5? * Plugin Author [PerfectSolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perfectsolution/) * (@perfectsolution) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-101/#post-5685325) * In most cases such an upgrade would not affect your code if all the plugins you are using are updated regularly. Don’t hang me up on it though! If you are able to switch to 5.5 and back to your former version, you could try it out for a moment to see if it breaks anything. Alternatively, and preferably, you could set up a local test environment to see if it runs okay. * [californiawine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/californiawine/) * (@californiawine) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-101/#post-5685328) * Hello again, I just finished moving all my files to PHP5.4 and reinstalled your plugin. That caused my site to crash again – same syntax error as Thomas stated above. In fact, I cannot even see where the plugin got installed on my FTP site, so I can’t remove it (it’s not in plugins folder). 🙁 Any suggestions? * Thank you so much. * [californiawine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/californiawine/) * (@californiawine) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-101/#post-5685329) * Please cancel above request. With the help of my webhosting provider we found a solution and it works now. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Parse error: syntax error |’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/woocommerce-quickpay_263a40.svg) * [Quickpay for WooCommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-quickpay/) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-quickpay/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-quickpay/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-quickpay/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-quickpay/reviews/) * 9 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [californiawine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/californiawine/) * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-101/#post-5685329) * Status: resolved