Title: Parse error: syntax error Last modified: May 6, 2018 --- # Parse error: syntax error * Resolved [sarsii4u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarsii4u/) * (@sarsii4u) * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-153/) * Hi, * I installed WooCommerce to integrate with stripe, but when I activated it, I couldn’t open my site anymore. I got the below error messages, so I had to temporarily deactivate the stripe gateway and woocommerce plugins. Currently my php version is 5.6. Can you please let me know what happened? * WooCommerce – when I activated this plugin, I got the 500: Internal Error- this website is unavailable at the moment. WooCommerce Stripe Gateway – When this plugin was activated, I got this error message Parse error: syntax error, unexpected‘[‘ in /home3/ad/public_html/owenmccall.com/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-gateway- stripe/includes/class-wc-stripe-webhook-handler.php on line 101 * Please let me know how to fix this. * Thanks, Rose * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fparse-error-syntax-error-153%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Plugin Support [dougaitken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougaitken/) * (@dougaitken) * Automattic Happiness Engineer * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-153/#post-10261627) * Hi [@sarsii4u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarsii4u/) * This error has been mentioned a few times in the forum recently. * Can you confirm the following: * * Your PHP version as reported on the [WooCommerce System Status Report](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/understanding-the-woocommerce-system-status-report/) is 5.6 * In FTP the WooCommerce folder is named `woocommerce` and Stripe is ` woocommerce-gateway-stripe` with no additional characters * The WooCommerce plugin is active and up to date * Stripe is version 4.1.2 * Thanks, * Thread Starter [sarsii4u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarsii4u/) * (@sarsii4u) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-153/#post-10261966) * Hi, I can confirm that everything is correct except the version of Stripe. My version is 4.1.3 * * Your PHP version as reported on the WooCommerce System Status Report is 5.6– yes * In FTP the WooCommerce folder is named woocommerce and Stripe is woocommerce- gateway-stripe with no additional characters – yes * The WooCommerce plugin is active and up to date – yes * Stripe is version 4.1.2 – no (4.1.3) * Plugin Support [dougaitken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougaitken/) * (@dougaitken) * Automattic Happiness Engineer * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-153/#post-10265079) * Hi [@sarsii4u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarsii4u/) * I think we need to dig into this a bit more. * First step – can you go through some conflict testing to ensure nothing else is causing havoc here, please? * You can read more about plugin and theme conflicts in the documentation here: [https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-self-service-guide/](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-self-service-guide/) * Then, if the results are the same – can you open a ticket via WooCommerce.com– [Tickets](https://woocommerce.com/my-account/create-a-ticket/)? If you’re unable to select Stripe from the WooCommerce Extensions submenu, please purchase the extension for free at [https://www.woocommerce.com/products/stripe/](https://www.woocommerce.com/products/stripe/) * Thanks! * Plugin Support [dougaitken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougaitken/) * (@dougaitken) * Automattic Happiness Engineer * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-153/#post-10290290) * Hey [@sarsii4u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarsii4u/) * I’ve not heard back from you in a while, so I’m going to mark this as resolved. * If you still need some assistance, please follow my advice above about reaching out to us at WooCommerce.com. * Thanks, * Plugin Support [dougaitken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougaitken/) * (@dougaitken) * Automattic Happiness Engineer * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-153/#post-10290291) * Hey [@sarsii4u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarsii4u/) * I’ve not heard back from you in a while, so I’m going to mark this as resolved. * If you still need some assistance, please follow my advice above about reaching out to us at WooCommerce.com. * Thanks, Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘Parse error: syntax error’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/woocommerce-gateway-stripe/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3177277) * [WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-gateway-stripe/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-gateway-stripe/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-gateway-stripe/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-gateway-stripe/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-gateway-stripe/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-gateway-stripe/reviews/) ## Tags * [error 500](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/error-500/) * [parse-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parse-error/) * [woocommerce stripe gateway](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/woocommerce-stripe-gateway/) * 5 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [dougaitken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougaitken/) * Last activity: [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-153/#post-10290291) * Status: resolved