Title: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected
Last modified: October 11, 2016

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# Parse error: syntax error, unexpected

 *  Resolved [MERUser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meruser/)
 * (@meruser)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-181/)
 * I’m currently using the Avada theme and when I try to activate the WP-GOTOWebinar
   plugni i receive this fatal error: “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘
   in /home/contlog/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-gotowebinar/inc/visual-composer.
   php on line 13”.
 * Any help you can provide would be great.
    Thank You

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 *  Plugin Author [Northern Beaches Websites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/northernbeacheswebsites/)
 * (@northernbeacheswebsites)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-181/#post-8278480)
 * Hi MERUser,
 * Thanks for bringing the issue to my attention 🙂 I believe the issue is occurring
   because you are using an older version of PHP, version 5.3. However I just released
   an update to the plugin just then, version 5.9 which should address this specific
   issue you are running into. So please update the plugin and give it another shot!
 * I would definitely recommend though looking at upgrading your PHP version to 
   5.4 or to the latest version 7.0.10 as this may prevent you running into similar
   issues in the future with other plugins.
 * If you enjoy the plugin I would appreciate it if you could give it 5 stars. If
   you run into any more issues with the plugin you will find my email on the plugin
   settings page so I will be glad to assist you further. Cheers,
 *  Plugin Author [Northern Beaches Websites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/northernbeacheswebsites/)
 * (@northernbeacheswebsites)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-181/#post-9084034)
 * This item was previously resolved.

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